How to use airVPN on Mandriva?

[jason_1 0]

Hi guys,

Anyone using airVPN on Mandriva with draktools willing to help out? I am using 2010.2, and this is first VPN setup ever for me.

1. Downloaded air.zip

2.Extracted and opened the drak vpn configuration tool

3.Picked OpenVPN (installed automatically)

4.Created new connection called AirVPN

5.Next dialog box: X509 Public Key Infrastructure;

PKCS #12 <empty>

Certificate Authority (CA) ca.crt

Certificate user.crt

Key user.key

6.Advanced tab: TLS control channel key: <empty>

Checked "Authenticate using username and password"

Unchecked "Check server certificate"

Cipher algorithm: "AES-256-CBC"

Size of cipher key: <empty>

7.Next dialog box: Gateway: 94.75.255.91

IP adress: "Get from server"

Local IP address <greyed out>

Remote IP address <greyed out>

8. Advanced tab: Gateway port: 443

Unchecked "Use TCP protocol"

Virtual network device type: "tun"

Virtual network device number (optional) <empty>

And it doesn't connect:)

[Staff 9751]

Hello!

1) Activate your account on our website either with a 4 days trial code you can get for free requesting it (select "Support"-->"Contact us") or with a premium subscription ("Member"-->"Payment Plans" to see the prices).

2) Copy the files inside air.zip and paste them in the proper OpenVPN configuration directory (probably you have already done so, but see point 3: there's something wrong)

3) The gateway displayed in your configuration points to a server (94.75.225.91) which is currently offline. Perhaps you did not generate air.zip recently, or maybe you have created manually a configuration, or you are not pointing to the correct configuration .ovpn file

After having copied the correct air.ovpn configuration file, you should see in the drak vpn configurator all the options correctly configured (do not create a new connection if, by doing so, drak creates a new configuration).

As an alternative, you can use a shell (follow the instructions reported in "More"-->"Connect with..."-->"Linux") and get rid of drak.

After all of the above, if you can't connect do not hesitate to send us the complete OpenVPN connection log.

Kind regards

AirVPN admins

[jason_1 0]

Hello!

1) Activate your account on our website either with a 4 days trial code you can get for free requesting it (select "Support"-->"Contact us") or with a premium subscription ("Member"-->"Payment Plans" to see the prices).

So, as a free member I have to contact you to get 4 day trial code? Consequently there is no free service then?

2) Copy the files inside air.zip and paste them in the proper OpenVPN configuration directory (probably you have already done so, but see point 3: there's something wrong)

3) The gateway displayed in your configuration points to a server (94.75.225.91) which is currently offline. Perhaps you did not generate air.zip recently, or maybe you have created manually a configuration, or you are not pointing to the correct configuration .ovpn file

The IP and port I took from attached file that is included in the generated zip file that was generated and downloaded yesterday.

In drak tool I have to fill in all by hand. I wanted to try this before downloading and installing any other tool. [file name=air.txt size=458]https://airvpn.org/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/files/air.txt[/file]

air.txt

[Staff 9751]

jason_1 wrote:

Hello!

1) Activate your account on our website either with a 4 days trial code you can get for free requesting it (select "Support"-->"Contact us") or with a premium subscription ("Member"-->"Payment Plans" to see the prices).

So, as a free member I have to contact you to get 4 day trial code? Consequently there is no free service then?

Hello!

Yes, free service is available but you need to ask for it first. You may either use the menu "Support"-->"Contact us", or get the codes from Twitter (follow airvpn there). Please note that we take care to limit free accesses in order not to impair bandwidth guaranteed to premium members and activists; and not to allow scammers to resell the free service to unaware persons.

3) The gateway displayed in your configuration points to a server (94.75.225.91) which is currently offline. Perhaps you did not generate air.zip recently, or maybe you have created manually a configuration, or you are not pointing to the correct configuration .ovpn file.

The IP and port I took from attached file that is included in the generated zip file that was generated and downloaded yesterday.

It should be impossible to generate a configuration file with that IP. After your message we tested the generator once again and as a matter of fact it seems there's no way to generate an incorrect configuration file. How did you manage to get that? Did you see in the servers list "Altair"?

In drak tool I have to fill in all by hand. I wanted to try this before downloading and installing any other tool.

Ok, so you might proceed in this way: generate the proper configuration file, open it with a text editor, and fill by hand in drak the parameters you can see in air.ovpn.

Kind regards

AirVPN admins

[jason_1 0]

Just to quickly address the config file issue before continuing to contact you for the codes and stuff. I realized it hasn't attached as it is not *.txt so I had it reattached in previous post and now here again.

I have generated one more air.zip just now and I attach that one too, it contains same IP address.

I believe it is because my user name doesn't have any usage enabled? I don't have any server listed on the "access without our client" page. [file name=air-20110415.txt size=456]https://airvpn.org/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/files/air-20110415.txt[/file]

air-20110415.txt

[Staff 9751]

jason_1 wrote:

Just to quickly address the config file issue before continuing to contact you for the codes and stuff. I realized it hasn't attached as it is not *.txt so I had it reattached in previous post and now here again.

I have generated one more air.zip just now and I attach that one too, it contains same IP address.

I believe it is because my user name doesn't have any usage enabled? I don't have any server listed on the "access without our client" page. [file name=air-20110415.txt size=456]https://airvpn.org/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/files/air-20110415.txt[/file]

Hello and thank you, we'll look into the issue. EDIT: bug fixed.

Did you get a free access with the code published on Twitter? There are still some available.

https://twitter.com/airvpn

Kind regards

AirVPN admins

[jason_1 0]

Sorry, but I can't seem to find where to input the code available?

EDIT: I found it after picking the 4 days trial, but it's expired already. Sent the request to Sales, will update tomorrow, thanks!

EDIT2:

Got the code (Thanks!) and it seems I connect to server but browser says that connection is refused by the server and I tried to ping Google but destination is unreachable.

[root@localhost openvpn]# openvpn air.ovpn 
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 OpenVPN 2.1.4 x86_64-mandriva-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] built on Nov 10 2010
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 WARNING: file 'user.key' is group or others accessible
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 LZO compression initialized
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1560 D:140 EF:40 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 Socket Buffers: R=[87380->131072] S=[16384->131072]
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1560 D:1450 EF:60 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '958c5492'
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): '79ef4284'
Sat Apr 16 11:42:26 2011 Attempting to establish TCP connection with 174.140.166.91:443 [nonblock]
Sat Apr 16 11:42:27 2011 TCP connection established with 174.140.166.91:443
Sat Apr 16 11:42:27 2011 TCPv4_CLIENT link local: [undef]
Sat Apr 16 11:42:27 2011 TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: 174.140.166.91:443
Sat Apr 16 11:42:28 2011 TLS: Initial packet from 174.140.166.91:443, sid=11320861 ff37f766
Sat Apr 16 11:42:32 2011 VERIFY OK: depth=1, /C=IT/ST=IT/L=Perugia/O=airvpn.org/CN=airvpn.org_CA/emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
Sat Apr 16 11:42:32 2011 VERIFY OK: nsCertType=SERVER
Sat Apr 16 11:42:32 2011 VERIFY OK: depth=0, /C=IT/ST=IT/L=Perugia/O=airvpn.org/CN=server/emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
Sat Apr 16 11:42:42 2011 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
Sat Apr 16 11:42:42 2011 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Sat Apr 16 11:42:42 2011 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
Sat Apr 16 11:42:42 2011 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Sat Apr 16 11:42:42 2011 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 2048 bit RSA
Sat Apr 16 11:42:42 2011 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with 174.140.166.91:443
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 10.5.0.1,comp-lzo no,route 10.5.0.1,topology net30,ping 10,ping-restart 120,ifconfig 10.5.0.10 10.5.0.9'
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 OPTIONS IMPORT: LZO parms modified
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 ROUTE default_gateway=192.168.0.1
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.5.0.10 pointopoint 10.5.0.9 mtu 1500
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 /sbin/route add -net 174.140.166.91 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 192.168.0.1
SIOCADDRT: File exists
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 ERROR: Linux route add command failed: external program exited with error status: 7
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 /sbin/route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 10.5.0.9
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 /sbin/route add -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 10.5.0.9
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 /sbin/route add -net 10.5.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 10.5.0.9
Sat Apr 16 11:42:44 2011 Initialization Sequence Completed


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Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): The server refused the connection

[jason_1 0]

It's working! Last problem was with the firewall, service restart was required, duh...

So, thank you very much. I will be buying the service at the expiration of this few more days I have left.

It is working without the client, using Mandrivas GUI and openVPN.

One thing I have to say is, and accept my critique as constructive, is that the service offering is misleading. There is no free use. There is a trial. Or I am wrong?

In any case, thanks, it works. Speed is acceptable and I have what I needed now.

[Staff 9751]

jason_1 wrote:

It's working! Last problem was with the firewall, service restart was required, duh...

So, thank you very much. I will be buying the service at the expiration of this few more days I have left.

It is working without the client, using Mandrivas GUI and openVPN.

One thing I have to say is, and accept my critique as constructive, is that the service offering is misleading. There is no free use. There is a trial. Or I am wrong?

In any case, thanks, it works. Speed is acceptable and I have what I needed now.

Hello!

Glad to hear that it's working and meeting your requirements. :cheer:

Free access can be for trial or for unconditional free "lifetime" access - the latter is reserved to our discretion (typically it's reserved to activists and persons who live in hostile environments).

Kind regards

AirVPN admins