openvpn client setup with Private Internet Access

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tigs
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openvpn client setup with Private Internet Access

Post by tigs »

Hi Guys,

I am having difficulty setting up the private internet access (PIA) openvpn client. I am running the latest firmware on TP-LINK Archer C7 v2.

PIA uses username and password and key for CA. No other keys are needed. The current Gargoyle would not take blank fields in other keys. I tried the "single config file", "ZIP file" and manually. None worked. I guess the reason is some of the fields are left blank, and Gargoyle would not blank fields.

Thanks

nworbnhoj
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Re: openvpn client setup with Private Internet Access

Post by nworbnhoj »

Others have also had problems with PIA recently
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/vi ... pia#p29314

Is the info in this old post of help?
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/vi ... pia#p24679
Can you help someone else get Gargoyle up and running?
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Lucky75
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Re: openvpn client setup with Private Internet Access

Post by Lucky75 »

You need to split your cert file, I can't remember where I found them but they're common for openwrt as well.

Then you need to create a password file similar to how you would do it if you use openvpn on your local windows machine.

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote FILL_THIS_SERVER_OUT 1194
resolv-retry infinite
cipher BF-CBC
keysize 128
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
tls-client
remote-cert-tls server
comp-lzo
auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/pass.txt

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