OpenVPN GUI client and Windows Vista | Computer Tech Union
1.) Open your client.ovpn file and add the following two lines to the bottom of the file:
route-method exe
route-delay 2
2) Create a shortcut to your OpenVPN GUI file. Right click the shortcut and click properties.
Under the ‘Shortcut’ tab.
Click ‘advanced’.
Check the box that says ‘Run as administrator’ and
then Click ‘OK’ and ‘OK’ again.
3. *optional* turn off UAC and step two is not needed.
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Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
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Thought I would provide an update. Increasing the timeout from 2 to 20 made a large difference, however, it didn't solve all the problems and just now I had another dropped connection.
It doesn't show up on the GUI. And, when it is down, if you try to ping the ASG internal IP address, all you get is a general failure message on Vista's command prompt.
What I think happens is that the connection does actually drop for a short period of time (1 min-ish). Open VPN doesn't catch it, but the OS does. This leaves OPENvpn in limbo.
I will try the L2TP configuration as well (later this week). Heck, I would even use PPTP if I thought it would work all the time.
William, I had reviewed that link some time ago. In fact, that is the one I used on the initial install. This is not the 'run as administrator' problem. I would also NOT recommend ever turning off UAC if you are the least bit interested in security in the first place.
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow