When trying to connect through the openVPN gui I just get a blank window that produces no logs (the log file is created but is empty). After about a minute I get a message saying "Connecting to myVpn has failed". When I try to run it from the console by "openvpn.exe myVpn.ovpn" I get: "Options error: In [CMD-LINE]:1: Error opening configuration file: myVpn.ovpn.
I am aware of the fact that this is a duplicate of OpenVPN GUI window is empty. Why can't I connect to my VPN? however the answer posted there only points to debugging openvpn through the console.
My knowledge about such topics is limited so the debugging information does not help me.
Additional information:
- I run openVPN in administrator mode,
- I'm on windows 7,
- I tried 3 different versions and have installed them in several ways (including through safe mode),
- The "tap" connection has a message/error of unplugged
Thanks for any help.
--edit--
My config:
#Plik wygenerowany przez instalator v.2.0.9-gui-1.0.3
remote myadress.com
dev tun
#local 0.0.0.0
proto udp
port 1194
cipher AES-256-CBC
client
nobind
mute-replay-warnings
persist-key
persist-tun
resolv-retry infinite
ns-cert-type server
#pull
#tls-client
comp-lzo
verb 3
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\keys-hq\\cacert.pem"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\keys-hq\\myname.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\keys-hq\\myname.key"
Notes:
- The first line is in Polish and says that the file has been generated by the gui installator,
- I did not create this config,
- I have changed the real address and my name to "myaddress.com" and "myname" respectively.