I am using OpenVPN for a VPN client in an Amazon's EC2 machine instance of Windows Server 2008 (32bit). It successfully connects, briefly, and I get
Reply from 10.9.0.1: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.9.0.1: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.9.0.1: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.9.0.1: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=64
PING: transmit failed, error code 1232
PING: transmit failed, error code 1232
PING: transmit failed, error code 1232
It was suggested that I DISABLE/ENABLE the TAP adapter associated with the connection. But when I do that it causes the instance to freeze - I am dropped and cannot connect until after I reboot the instance. No seemingly relevant information is left in any event log (System, Application, or OpenVPN's log), or bugcheck file.
Does anybody know a better way to get OpenVPN to work as a client in EC2? (Specifically, OpenVPN and EC2.)
Thank you. -John
(Below are some key settings I'm using in client.ovpn:)
dev tun
proto udp
client
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
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