OpenVPN not working
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OK, so @Rico was bang on the money.
Some Google-Fu shows that this error can happen if you give it a password-protected private key to use. The suggested fix is to run your key through openssl like this:
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@KOM how do I do that?
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Never mind. That advice only applies if you were making a private key with password-protection. It doesn't apply for a client-connection to a public VPN where you don't use a client cert.
This is really weird. The error message is complaining as if either you need a user/pass and didn't supply one, or it doesn't want a user/pass and you did supply one.
What version of pfSense is this?
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@KOM 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 (amd64)
built on Wed May 15 18:53:44 EDT 2019
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Strange. And what happens when you delete all that and try with your other provider, PureVPN? Exact same symptoms and error?
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@KOM ya same thing
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It's suspicious that it fails the same way with a different config and provider.
I don't have any other suggestions, sorry.
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I found the problem and it's working now, my pfblocker has the same subnet ip as the purevpn was trying to obtain. Only issue now is when I am connect to openvpn, the dns stops working ex: youtube.com when typed, but if I type the ip of youtube "172.217.13.206" manually on address bar it works.
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Funny you should mention that. I just got an SG-1100 and was configuring it last night. I have 3 VPN connections defined, and when I bring one up in particular, everything dies. I also have pfB loaded. I was about to spend time today researching the problem but you may have just solved it for me.
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@KOM so did it solve the problem?
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No, it turned out to be a DNS issue.
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@KOM I am having same issue, DNS stops working, when connected to OpenVPN
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I think I had to specify a gateway under General Settings - DNS Servers.
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@KOM I tired that, same thing dns stops working.
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DNS fails for all of pfSense (not just LAN clients) when you bring a tunnel up? You can't resolve via Diagnostics - DNS Lookup?
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@KOM Is it a bug?
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I doubt it. Config problem 99.9% of the time. What about my questions?
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I did, specified a "DNS" for gateway of VPN and for WAN_DHCP, but it doesn't seem to work. It won't resolve to anything it just keep loading forever, even under Diagnostics - DNS Lookup. It kill WAN, LAN
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I asked:
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DNS fails for all of pfSense (not just LAN clients) when you bring a tunnel up?
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You can't resolve via Diagnostics - DNS Lookup?
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DNS fails for all pfsense WAN, LAN, and can't be resolved under Diagnostic, DNS Resolver, when the open VPN is up.
