Openvpn won't connect to a working server!

hello,

i'm trying to connect to proton vpn server from my openwrt but it won't connect, i set all my firewall policies to accept and i test the same ovpn file on windows and it connected normally here is the log:


Enter Auth Username: 8DRI1O9rSkU7nBj4
Enter Auth Password: ********************************
Mon Mar 29 17:24:08 2021 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 512 bit message hash 'SHA512' for HMAC authentication
Mon Mar 29 17:24:08 2021 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 512 bit message hash 'SHA512' for HMAC authentication
Mon Mar 29 17:24:08 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]192.40.57.228:80
Mon Mar 29 17:24:08 2021 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->212992] S=[212992->212992]
Mon Mar 29 17:24:08 2021 UDP link local: (not bound)
Mon Mar 29 17:24:08 2021 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]192.40.57.228:80
Mon Mar 29 17:24:09 2021 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]192.40.57.228:80, sid=d0fc64e8 6847ce67
Mon Mar 29 17:25:08 2021 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Mon Mar 29 17:25:08 2021 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Mon Mar 29 17:25:08 2021 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Mon Mar 29 17:25:08 2021 Restart pause, 5 second(s)
Mon Mar 29 17:25:13 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]192.40.57.235:80
Mon Mar 29 17:25:13 2021 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->212992] S=[212992->212992]
Mon Mar 29 17:25:13 2021 UDP link local: (not bound)
Mon Mar 29 17:25:13 2021 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]192.40.57.235:80
Mon Mar 29 17:25:13 2021 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]192.40.57.235:80, sid=ff7e9d82 041333c2
Mon Mar 29 17:26:13 2021 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Mon Mar 29 17:26:13 2021 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Mon Mar 29 17:26:13 2021 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Mon Mar 29 17:26:13 2021 Restart pause, 5 second(s)
Mon Mar 29 17:26:18 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]192.40.57.234:80
Mon Mar 29 17:26:18 2021 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->212992] S=[212992->212992]
Mon Mar 29 17:26:18 2021 UDP link local: (not bound)
Mon Mar 29 17:26:18 2021 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]192.40.57.234:80
Mon Mar 29 17:26:18 2021 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]192.40.57.234:80, sid=294cbe47 4b9b3467
Mon Mar 29 17:27:18 2021 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Mon Mar 29 17:27:18 2021 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Mon Mar 29 17:27:18 2021 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Mon Mar 29 17:27:18 2021 Restart pause, 5 second(s)
Mon Mar 29 17:27:23 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]185.165.241.37:80
Mon Mar 29 17:27:23 2021 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->212992] S=[212992->212992]
Mon Mar 29 17:27:23 2021 UDP link local: (not bound)
Mon Mar 29 17:27:23 2021 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]185.165.241.37:80
Mon Mar 29 17:27:23 2021 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]185.165.241.37:80, sid=84a1b2e8 0c8cda27

i have internet with pppoe wan network connection and i can ping to vpn ip server

Does the account work from a laptop/mobile/PC?

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yes it's working on laptop

Post your .ovpn file ....

# ==============================================================================
# Copyright (c) 2016-2020 Proton Technologies AG (Switzerland)
# Email: contact@protonvpn.com
#
# The MIT License (MIT)
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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#
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#
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# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR # OTHERWISE, ARISING
# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
# IN THE SOFTWARE.
# ==============================================================================

client
dev tun
proto udp

remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 4569
remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 1194
remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 443
remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 5060
remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 80

remote-random
resolv-retry infinite
nobind

# The following setting is only needed for old OpenVPN clients compatibility. New clients
# automatically negotiate the optimal cipher.
cipher AES-256-CBC

auth SHA512
comp-lzo no
verb 3

setenv CLIENT_CERT 0
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun

reneg-sec 0

remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass
pull
fast-io


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key-direction 1
<tls-auth>
# 2048 bit OpenVPN static key
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
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aeb893d9a96d1f15519bb3c4dcb40ee3
16672ea16c012664f8a9f11255518deb
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----
</tls-auth>

change proto to tcp, see if that works better.

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You appear to be missing your unique login credentials. (It is NOT your proton vpn username & password btw)

I'm using same server with no issues on my 19.07.6 box. I specifically use port 1194 fwiw:

client
dev tun
proto udp

#remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 80
#remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 443
#remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 4569
remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 1194
#remote nl-free-01.protonvpn.com 5060

remote-random
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
comp-lzo no
verb 3

tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun

reneg-sec 0

remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/ProtonNL1.auth
#pull
#fast-io

Reference: alternative openvpn client installation guide. See page 20.
https://openwrt.ebilan.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=279

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c8cqmpc6cacs5n8/AAA2f8htk1uMitBckDW8Jq88a?dl=0

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i tried manually to connect with terminal and i tried on ubuntu same problem but on windows 10 working fine

i tried tcp server still same problem

fwiw, did you try editing the ovpn file to only use the server on port 1194?

Did you solve this issue?

Same here. Waiting for someone to find a solution

Try by adding to the ovpn config:
data-ciphers CHACHA20-POLY1305:AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:AES-256-CBC

didnot help :frowning: