Connecting to Asuswrt-Merlin's OpenVPN server

[Blazemonkey]

I'm a bit of a n00b regarding OpenVPN, but I've had the server running on my AC56U for a few months and it seems to work fine, that is from my windows laptop running the ovpn client 1.5.6. I'm not sure why I installed that particular version earlier this year, but it has worked without much fuss. Now I'm trying to setup the ovpn client on my new win 8 tablet, but it appears the new version is completely different from v1.5.6, and I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to do with it. Is there a way to migrate my old config to work with the new version? If not, is there a n00b's guide to setting up the client on windows and connecting to the server?

 

[RMerlin]

You can export a ovpn file from the router's webui. Just make sure to copy your client key and certificate if you generated your own.

 

[Blazemonkey]

You can export a ovpn file from the router's webui. Just make sure to copy your client key and certificate if you generated your own.

That's exactly what I'm trying to do. I've exported the config file, and it works fine with the old windows ovpn client v1.5.6. But I simply don't know what the client software expects me to do with the config file in v2.3.4.

I've tried putting the config file in "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\" as per some guide out there, but nothing happens when I restart the openvpn gui. It just launches a grey icon in the task bar with very few irrelevant options.

I tried opening the config file with the ovpn gui as per another guide, but I get an error saying:

"I'm trying to parse "E:\client.ovpn" as an --option parameter but I don't see a leading '--'"

To be honest, when I initially set this up back in March, I don't know what led me to the v1.5.6 client to begin with as it was still quite outdated then. But from what I've read, it's not recommended to use these older versions otherwise I would.

Here's a copy of the config file I exported from the server:

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote zzzzzzzzz.net 1194
float
comp-lzo adaptive
keepalive 15 60
auth-user-pass
<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>
ns-cert-type server
resolv-retry infinite
nobind

 

[RMerlin]

When the GUI launches, its left menu should show you a list of the available config files just above the Settings entry.

Make sure you launch the GUI with administrative permissions.

Also I would recommend completely uninstalling that old version before installing the new one, due to the huge jump in version.

 

[Blazemonkey]

When the GUI launches, its left menu should show you a list of the available config files just above the Settings entry.

Make sure you launch the GUI with administrative permissions.

Also I would recommend completely uninstalling that old version before installing the new one, due to the huge jump in version.

Well, I think I found the problem, after trial and error, I managed to have both remnants of the 32 and 64 bit versions and got mixed up with the program files directories. Thanks for the help!