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Re: [Openvpn-users] Client not connecting, tun not created


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Client not connecting, tun not created
  • From: Erich Titl <erich.titl@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:43:55 +0100

Hi

Jeff Boyce schrieb:
> Greetings -
> 
...
> 
> 
> A wireshark capture on the server during this same connection attempt 
> resulted in zero packets captured.  

That would suggest the packets did not make it to the server :-)

My server dsl modem provides no packet
> logging file for me to check; at least there is nothing in the advanced 
> setup menu to check.  I have port forwarding setup on the server dsl modem 
> so that port 1194 udp is forwarded to the openvpn server.  Both dsl modems 
> are doing nat for their respective networks.  My interpretation of this is 
> that the packets seem as though they are being dropped at the server dsl 
> modem, therefore the openvpn client is not getting tls authorization from 
> the server, therefore a tun device is not being created.  What am I missing 
> here; what should I be looking for in order to fix this connection?  Thanks 
> for any and all help that anyone can provide.

As the packets from the client appear _not_ to make it to the server I
would recheck the port forwarding rule and possible firewall settings.

Erich


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