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    Client with XP cannot connect with OpenVPN

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by

      Going to chime in as well - XP should no longer be viable OS… If you are using it for some legacy something.  It should not have any sort of network access at all..

      Viragomann work around should be work - but better is to move away from such an OLD OS that has no support.

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      • Z
        Zyhr
        last edited by

        Ok, thank to all of you.

        Yeah, I agree about XP should be retired, but it's not my decision.

        I will try viragomann solution and will let you know about as soon as possible.

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          Make it their decision to update their OS then.. Sorry "MY" vpn doesn't work with XP since it is non support OS and security issue.

          Update your OS to supported version, or sorry will not be able to connect to "MY" vpn ;)

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          • jahonixJ
            jahonix
            last edited by

            ^ exactly how I would handle this.
            Sometimes people need a hard reminder to change necessary stuff. Now you have the option!

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            • Z
              Zyhr
              last edited by

              I was going to change encryptation but, as you can see on picture attached, it seems to be already as viragomann sujested.

              Is this how it should be or I should change anything?

              I would like to do that, so they change XP to, at least, Windows 7 but as far as I know, my boss already told they will be able with XP (we're a technical support company)

              Again, thanks allf of you for your help.

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              • V
                viragomann
                last edited by

                Maybe it helps to remove the ncp-ciphers line from the client config.

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                • Z
                  Zyhr
                  last edited by

                  I will try tomorrow then.

                  Thanks!

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    "my boss already told they will be able with XP"

                    Well clearly your boss spoke out his ass without knowing anything..  That your boss would say XP is fine is clearly out of touch with IT from every angle…

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                    • Z
                      Zyhr
                      last edited by

                      Hi all,

                      After removing whole line now works.

                      So, for anyone that may come in the future with the same problem, solutions is remove the following line only in conf file of windows xp clients

                      ncp-ciphers AES-256-GCM: AES-128-GCM

                      One more time thanks all of you for your help.

                      Have a nice day!

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        If you use the client export package, you can click the option to export one of the old windows installers with the "-xp" suffix, and you can also check the "legacy client" option in the export package when making inline configurations.

                        But the best thing to do is ditch XP.

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