Why can't I connect to a VPN using the advanced tab?

[Guest Netduma_Iain]

The  certificate needs to be in-lined.  Your VPN provider will typically give you a folder full of config files. That folder will typically contain a file that ends with the extension ".crt"

 

Download the file, open it using notepad or a simple text editor. Copy the entire file then add "<ca>" and "</ca>" to the bottom of your config file and paste the entire file at the bottom of the config file. There is an example below, notice the ca at the bottom. One other thing, make sure the first line of your advanced config is "client"

 

client

dev tun

proto tcp

remote lon-a01.ipvanish.com 443

resolv-retry infinite

nobind

persist-key

persist-tun

persist-remote-ip

ca ca.ipvanish.com.crt

tls-remote lon-a01.ipvanish.com

auth-user-pass

comp-lzo

verb 3

auth SHA256

cipher AES-256-CBC

keysize 256

tls-cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:AES256-SHA

 

<ca>

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

MIIErTCCA5WgAwIBAgIJAMYKzSS8uPKDMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIGVMQswCQYD

VQQGEwJVUzELMAkGA1UECBMCRkwxFDASBgNVBAcTC1dpbnRlciBQYXJrMREwDwYD

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n6rWTZ8XcNzT/YngtH4bXB9DM7pKWpDWc94va4hFrGgaOxjE861TdoDqHaMO9bW+

Pg==

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

</ca>

[Guest Netduma_Iain]

If it fails, please make sure there is no "register-DNS" line like the following. If so remove it please.

 

register-dns 8.8.8.8