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    [SOLVED] Always so difficult… Trying to get Android smartphone to work

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      NOYB
      last edited by

      Be sure the profile being used on the Android has LF line termination only.  Not CRLF.

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        Mr. Jingles
        last edited by

        @NOYB:

        Be sure the profile being used on the Android has LF line termination only.  Not CRLF.

        Thank you for both replies, NOYB ;D

        I'll compare your configs with mine.

        What do you mean with the above quoted? I only export the *.ovpn in pfSense export utility, and then try to import it in Android. Do I need to change something somewhere?

        6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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          NOYB
          last edited by

          If you export and use directly that should be fine.  It should have only the LF line endings.  If you edit it, especially in Windows, it could be saved with CRLF line endings.

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            Mr. Jingles
            last edited by

            @Mr.:

            Nobody can help me?

            This is my opvn profile. different compared to NOYB are (although I don't know why?):

            auth SHA1
            auth-user-pass
            ns-cert-type server

            
            persist-tun
            persist-key
            cipher AES-256-CBC
            auth SHA1
            tls-client
            client
            remote domain.dynu.net 44000 udp
            lport 0
            verify-x509-name "smartphone-server" name
            remote-cert-tls server
            comp-lzo adaptive
            
             <ca>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
            -----END CERTIFICATE-----</ca> 
             <cert>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
            -----END CERTIFICATE-----</cert> 
             <key>-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
            -----END PRIVATE KEY-----</key> 
             <tls-auth>#
            # 2048 bit OpenVPN static key
            #
            -----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
            -----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----</tls-auth> 
            key-direction 1
            
            

            But when I adapt NOYB's differential settings the problem remains the same.

            6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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              Mr. Jingles
              last edited by

              Solved.

              Don't email the *.opvn profile to your Android device, neither from Windows nor Debian: the Android email client corrupts the *.ovpn…

              6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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                NOYB
                last edited by

                Here.  Let me fix that for you.

                @Mr.:

                Don't email the *.opvn profile to your Android device, neither from Windows nor Debian: the Android email client corrupts the *.ovpn…

                Don't email security certificates.  Especially private keys.  Period!!!

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                  Mr. Jingles
                  last edited by

                  @NOYB:

                  Here.  Let me fix that for you.

                  @Mr.:

                  Don't email the *.opvn profile to your Android device, neither from Windows nor Debian: the Android email client corrupts the *.ovpn…

                  Period!!!

                  Here, let me fix that for you: Period

                  Comma.

                  UNLESS it is on your own LAN and you are both the only sender and receiver.

                  6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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                    NOYB
                    last edited by

                    @Mr.:

                    @NOYB:

                    Here.  Let me fix that for you.

                    @Mr.:

                    Don't email the *.opvn profile to your Android device, neither from Windows nor Debian: the Android email client corrupts the *.ovpn…

                    Period!!!

                    Here, let me fix that for you: Period

                    Comma.

                    UNLESS it is on your own LAN and you are both the only sender and receiver.

                    Nope.  Not even then.

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan
                      last edited by

                      @Mr.:

                      …..
                      UNLESS it is on your own LAN and you are both the only sender and receiver.

                      With or without the mail server on the other side of the planet ?  ;)

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                        Mr. Jingles
                        last edited by

                        @Gertjan:

                        @Mr.:

                        …..
                        UNLESS it is on your own LAN and you are both the only sender and receiver.

                        With or without the mail server on the other side of the planet ?  ;)

                        6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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