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      borgo1971 last edited by

      I'm wondering how to configure multiple device for the same user: should I create more users each with a new certificate, or can I create specific client overrides for each device for the same user? I need to enable access for some iPad & Smartphones for users that already has an account for their computers, and I want to assign specific and unique IP for each device.

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        doktornotor Banned last edited by

        Seen the "Duplicate Connections" checkbox yet?  :P (I'd still rather create a new cert for each.)

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          borgo1971 last edited by

          @doktornotor:

          Seen the "Duplicate Connections" checkbox yet?  :P (I'd still rather create a new cert for each.)

          OK, I saw it… but I saw that "This is not generally recommended, but may be needed for some scenarios" too. And as I understood, this didn't give me an unique ID for each device. So in first time, I created a new user for every device, but now I think I didn't need more users, but only more cert's to bundle to the same user, am I right?

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            doktornotor Banned last edited by

            @borgo1971:

            I think I didn't need more users, but only more cert's to bundle to the same user, am I right?

            Yeah, of course.

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              Techneau last edited by

              I have been having this issue too, plus some more. For some reason, other than the first user, I am unable to get any other user that I have created certificates for to connect to the pfsense OpenVPN server. Is there a well detailed link that someone can provide me with that I may reference to? After hours of reading MANY outdated post and finding nothing helpful. I found and used a youtube video that wasn't really much informative about creating multiple users and creating certs so the other users may connect to the OpenVPN server. I am not new to OpenVPN, i just don't recall having this problem with previous setups. When creating a certificate for the other users, I am unsure of the method I am suppose to use. I believe it should be "Create an internal Certificate". Under internal Certificate i see, "Certificate authority" with the name of the previous  CA's name that i created for the first user that can connect from anywhere. Am i suppose to create a new CA and certificate for every user i want to connect? Shouldn't I be able to use that same one, Certificate authority?

              Also for Certificate type I am selecting "User Certificate"…that should be correct, right? My options were User Certificate, Server Certificate, and Certificate authority.

              Thanks in advance for anyone willing to shed some light on what I may be doing wrong. I am willing to create a more up-to-date how-to once I figure out what is going on.

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