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    • RicoR
      Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
      last edited by Rico

      Use the CSO IPv4 Tunnel Network box instead of Advanced.
      E.g. you OpenVPN RAS tunnel network is 10.0.2.0/24 put in the CSO IPv4 Tunnel Network 10.0.2.11/24
      And make sure the CSO Common Name matches the User Certificate Name exactly.

      -Rico

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        sasa1
        last edited by

        Hi,
        I made the requested change but now I have an error when I try the client connection:

        Mon Feb 17 08:35:21 2020 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
        Mon Feb 17 08:35:21 2020 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
        Mon Feb 17 08:35:21 2020 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
        Mon Feb 17 08:35:26 2020 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]167.x.x.x:1194

        and in VPN Status I have this:
        [error] Unable to contact daemon Service not running?

        Thanks.

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        • S
          sasa1
          last edited by

          I configured the tunnel again as:
          10.0.2.0/24
          and the link is now up.

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          • S
            sasa1
            last edited by

            I made a mistake because I had made the change in the general configuration and not in CSO.

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            • RicoR
              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
              last edited by

              So everything is working now for you?

              -Rico

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                sasa1
                last edited by

                yes

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                  sasa1 @Rico
                  last edited by

                  @Rico unfortunately after three days in which the IP address has not changed this morning it happened again, the client was assigned the address 10.0.2.3 !
                  do I have to change any other parameters?
                  Thanks.

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                  • S
                    sasa1
                    last edited by

                    Hi,
                    what can I check to solve the problem?
                    Thanks.

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                    • RicoR
                      Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                      last edited by

                      Is your CSO present in the filesystem? Check /var/etc/openvpn-csc/<server>/<user>
                      It should contain your Client IP like this ifconfig-push 10.20.30.40 255.255.255.0
                      Crank up your OpenVPN RAS Verbosity level and see whats happening there. Working CSO logs:

                      user/1.2.3.4:1194 OPTIONS IMPORT: reading client specific options from: /var/etc/openvpn-csc/<server>/<user>
                      user/1.2.3.4:1194 MULTI: Learn: 10.20.30.40 -> user/1.2.3.4:1194
                      user/1.2.3.4:1194 MULTI: primary virtual IP for user/1.2.3.4:1194: 10.20.30.40 
                      

                      1.2.3.4 = external IP
                      10.20.30.40 = user CSO (fixed IP)

                      -Rico

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                        sasa1
                        last edited by

                        Hi,
                        I have checked in the directory indicated and I find these files (attached image),
                        sorry I have not understood how I can carry out the required verification.server.PNG

                        In addition I also tried the parameter "IPv4 Tunnel Network" with:
                        10.0.2.2/30

                        but after two / three days the problem still present.
                        Thanks.

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Not sure what your doing exactly... This is pretty straight forward..

                          /30 is really too small to be honest for a tunnel network..

                          Set your tunnel network to be something /24 that does not overlap your local or remote network (should be something uncommon)..

                          You need to highlight which vpn server instance.
                          Then set your clients common name - so this gets applied to the client you want.
                          Then set the ifconfig-push for the IP you want to assign. Prob best to use an IP higher up in the tunnel so unlikely to have an overlap with other clients that might be connected.

                          CSO.jpg

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                            sasa1
                            last edited by

                            therefore in:
                            tunnel settings -> IPv4 Tunnel Network
                            I don't have to enter any value?
                            must the field be left blank?
                            Thanks.

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Your tunnel network should be setup on your actual vpn instance. There would be no reason to enter it here, unless your trying to use a different specific tunnel for this specific client.

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                              If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
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                              • RicoR
                                Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                                last edited by Rico

                                I always use the IPv4 Tunnel Network box for my CSOs, like jimp told me to do in one of his hangouts. ☺
                                My Advanced box is empty.
                                Never had any problems.

                                -Rico

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Well depends if you want to use a specific tunnel for your client.. Or have them share the 1 tunnel network..

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                                  • RicoR
                                    Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                                    last edited by Rico

                                    Huh?
                                    My tunnel network is 10.1.10.0/24
                                    First CSO (via IPv4 Tunnel Network box) 10.1.10.11/24, second 10.1.10.12/24 and so on.

                                    -Rico

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Yeah that can work too... I just think its simpler to call it out specific via push ;)

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                                      • RicoR
                                        Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                                        last edited by

                                        Well the box does the very same I think. ☺

                                        -Rico

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                                          sasa1 @johnpoz
                                          last edited by

                                          @johnpoz I followed the instructions but after a couple of days the problem is present again, the vpn client has been assigned the IP address:
                                          10.0.2.3

                                          how is it possible ? where am i wrong?
                                          thanks.

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