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What is you current OpenVPN client config after making those changes?
What is the provider asking for?
Steve
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i am only certain about a thing : the vpn works becuse i have tried to connect an vm with the windows openvpn program . on that vm there is a server web and i have put an html page .Connecting to that web server's page through an other connection i can load correctly the web page , so i am sure that the vpn connection has no mulfunction.. What i cannot do is to make it work with pfsense , but i need it , because my network has multiple VMs , that need to share that public static ip address that the vpn offers to me. In the picture attached there is a schetch of my network . The first time i did it , almost 1 year ago with the same provider shpv.fr it worked.After a period of time they changed configuration and i got that error. i quitted the service for one year because they told me that they didnt give pfsense support , the same answer they have given now , afterall , and i didnt manage to use the service any more.i have searched other privider that provides similar services at the same cheap price but i havent been able to find one similar so i have decide to return with them , but the support is scarce , after all they are french .
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That drawing is pretty useless to be honest..
What is the ovpn file they gave you to connect with?
Going to state again that warning has is not the reason your failing to connect.. Its a warning that your not validating the server cert.. That is all... its not a failure reason..
I see the same error when I connect to my openvpn AS,
Dec 17 12:20:05 openvpn 94221 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.Connects just fine...
Dec 17 12:20:11 openvpn 94221 Initialization Sequence Completed Dec 17 12:20:11 openvpn 94221 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this Dec 17 12:20:06 openvpn 94221 /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup ovpnc3 1500 1553 172.27.240.11 255.255.240.0 init Dec 17 12:20:06 openvpn 94221 /sbin/route add -net 172.27.240.0 172.27.240.1 255.255.240.0 Dec 17 12:20:06 openvpn 94221 /sbin/ifconfig ovpnc3 172.27.240.11 172.27.240.1 mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.240.0 up -
whatever warnig or error it is the vpn it's not working i dont have the inner nat address it's a 172.etc.tct.etc address for translating tcp pockets inside my network . overall the vpn it's not working . and i cannot find the reason it isnt .
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UP our log level in your client!! So you can see more detail.
If need be take it past 5 into the debug level..
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@johnpoz i didnt draw it for any other reason to show my network i didnt meant to show it to you for explanatory reasons . however , if you see my last screenshot there sh
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Well our not going to get an IP if you don't connect, we can not see WHY your not connecting without up your log level to give us detail on the connection attempt that warning of not verify server cert has nothing to do with why the connection is failing.
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Not providing asked info, no help...
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these are the logs it gives out when i try to connect man if you van help you are the best in the forum.
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The client tries to connect and the other side does not respond at all. After 1 min it gives up and starts again.
Something there is completely mismatched.We need to see the info the provider sent you to connect to. Not the password, cert etc.
And the current config in pfSense of the OpenVPN client.
Steve
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"zip removed by mod" here is the file they provided to me
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Not related (edit : but will totally break everything) : Correct this :
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Ok! Now we're getting somewhere.
The server is at ovpn-20.shpv.fr on port 443 and you're connecting to port 1194.
It's also using TCP and you're connecting using UDP. So not surprisingly it's not responding!You should use the host name there rather than the IP directly as you have in the earlier screenshot. That IP might change.
Correct those things on the client. Post a new screenshot of the client setup.
Re-test.Steve
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I created a VPN client with the opvn file.
The connection is there.
Right now it blocks on :
edit : @romantik70 : I completely deleted the config from my pfSense setup.
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Also they are setting compression to no
comp-lzo no
Looks like you didn't even look in the file at all.. Just clicked some random shit and wondering why not working.
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Exactly... And upon looking closer at his first posts... Looks like he tried to set it up as server vs a client?
And he put the CA cert as a user cert, etc. etc..
I also deleted the attached zip, so nobody else can grab it..
Seems odd that that they would be running access server vs the community version... AS is for companies, its not all that cheap at 15$ per user per year to start with.. You would think they would just configure the community FREE version to maximize profit..
At 24 € a user - the cost of the license $15 USD per year... Thats not much per year per user at all.. At current exchange they make like 10 bucks a year per user.. That has to pay for infrastructure and bandwidth as well... Not a very good cost model ;)
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@stephenw10 did the cahnges you asked me to do but there is a host resolution issue so it' s bettere i pu the ip address instead of the hostname .
i have tried to change the hostname in the ip address and i leave unchanged the otrher and the logs turned back to be what they are before as you can see , in the next pictured i have taken after changing. I am starting to be pissed off of this fucking pfsense.
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I would like to make the last attempt after that i will think to abandone pfsense . My question is what do you use for your network , pfsense like me or onther solution.If you use pfsense would you please screeshot the setting you got on your pfsense so i do the same . -
Ok I have your zip file - give me one sec...
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@romantik70 said in CONNECTION WITH REMOTE SERVER NOT ESTABLISHED BECAUSE OF A SERVER VERIFICATION METHOD ERROR:
i will think to abandone pfsense
Setting up an OPENVPN client on some other firewall/router will give you the same issues .... because the items to set will be identical ....
This means your pfSense has a broken DNS setup ....it can't resolve domain names.
Check for yourself :
@romantik70 said in CONNECTION WITH REMOTE SERVER NOT ESTABLISHED BECAUSE OF A SERVER VERIFICATION METHOD ERROR:
My question is what do you use for your network , pfsense like me or onther solution.If you use pfsense would you please screeshot the setting you got on your pfsense so i do the same .
That could be hundreds of screens.
Far more easier would be : reset pfSense to default.
If needed, setup WAN.
Check that your are connected to the Inter etc.
DO NOT change anything else.And just to motivate you : setting up a VPN client to use a VPN server (that doesn't detail close to nothing about how to do so in your case) is difficult to do for someone who as experience with the issue. With no experiences it's close to impossible.
Settings up a OpenVPN server (on pfSense) should be done first. Because you have a Phone with a Open VPN client app, so you can test things for yourself and see the logs on both sides (very important).
This learning process is not something optional. It's needed - burning the learning steps a guarantee final outcome : it won't be a "Pass".Always go step by step.
@johnpoz said in CONNECTION WITH REMOTE SERVER NOT ESTABLISHED BECAUSE OF A SERVER VERIFICATION METHOD ERROR:
Ok I have your zip file - give me one sec...
Optimist ^^ Give him one hour or so.
(see my posts above ....)
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