William: OpenVPN on Windows 8.x is not working 100% -- primarily the routes are not created after the connection is established... known issue to Sophos and OpenVPN Devs (I've submitted case info, etc. to Sophos regarding this). There is a workaround; simply opening the Network Interfaces control panel applet on Windows, prior to establishing the SSL connection, will "refresh" the adapters and allow the VPN to create routes. It sounds completely weird as a workaround, but it does work.
I've not been told of any ETA as to a permanent fix; I suspect they are waiting on the OpenVPN folks to fix the Windows VPN Adapter driver.
William: OpenVPN on Windows 8.x is not working 100% -- primarily the routes are not created after the connection is established... known issue to Sophos and OpenVPN Devs (I've submitted case info, etc. to Sophos regarding this). There is a workaround; simply opening the Network Interfaces control panel applet on Windows, prior to establishing the SSL connection, will "refresh" the adapters and allow the VPN to create routes. It sounds completely weird as a workaround, but it does work.
I've not been told of any ETA as to a permanent fix; I suspect they are waiting on the OpenVPN folks to fix the Windows VPN Adapter driver.
i'm curious have you tried installing AND then executing the openvpn program in windows 7 compatibility mode? Also have you tried it with UAC off in windows 8?
i'm curious have you tried installing AND then executing the openvpn program in windows 7 compatibility mode? Also have you tried it with UAC off in windows 8?
William: There is a workaround; simply opening the Network Interfaces control panel applet on Windows, prior to establishing the SSL connection, will "refresh" the adapters and allow the VPN to create routes. It sounds completely weird as a workaround, but it does work.
Confirmed that it does work however. My users will go bananas if they have to do this before hand and it will definitely spike the helpdesk calls
Does it have a ticket number or something i can check in on?
i'm curious have you tried installing AND then executing the openvpn program in windows 7 compatibility mode? Also have you tried it with UAC off in windows 8?
Figured I'd chime back in. Yes, tried with Compat. mode, UAC Off, etc. etc. It's a known bug, Sophos is aware of it, as is the OpenVPN Open Source group... on some Windows 8 systems, it works fine, no rhyme or reason. Has to do with issues in the SSL VPN "Network Adapter" driver -- OpenVPN folks are saying they are having to make major changes to make it work 100% as I understand it... but I'm with you guys, Windows 8 has been out quite a while, they really need to fix this, as I'm sure the same issue will exist in Windows 9 when it is released.
i'm curious have you tried installing AND then executing the openvpn program in windows 7 compatibility mode? Also have you tried it with UAC off in windows 8?
Figured I'd chime back in. Yes, tried with Compat. mode, UAC Off, etc. etc. It's a known bug, Sophos is aware of it, as is the OpenVPN Open Source group... on some Windows 8 systems, it works fine, no rhyme or reason. Has to do with issues in the SSL VPN "Network Adapter" driver -- OpenVPN folks are saying they are having to make major changes to make it work 100% as I understand it... but I'm with you guys, Windows 8 has been out quite a while, they really need to fix this, as I'm sure the same issue will exist in Windows 9 when it is released.
