treachtiger 0 Posted ... Windows 8.1 x64 PC unable to connect upon startup/restarts. Wireguard is timing out and retrying down the server list, no success. Example log: . 2025.11.25 23:34:23 - OpenVPN - Version: 2.6.12 - OpenSSL 3.3.1 4 Jun 2024, LZO 2.10 (C:\Program Files\AirVPN\openvpn.exe) . 2025.11.25 23:34:23 - SSH - Version: plink 0.78 (C:\Program Files\AirVPN\plink.exe) . 2025.11.25 23:34:23 - SSL - Version: 5.69 (C:\Program Files\AirVPN\stunnel.exe) I 2025.11.25 23:34:23 - Ready . 2025.11.25 23:34:25 - Collect information about AirVPN completed I 2025.11.25 23:34:25 - Session starting. . 2025.11.25 23:34:25 - Activation of Network Lock - Windows Filtering Platform . 2025.11.25 23:34:25 - Waiting for latency tests (8 to go) . 2025.11.25 23:34:26 - Collect information about AirVPN completed I 2025.11.25 23:34:29 - Checking authorization ... ! 2025.11.25 23:34:31 - Connecting to Meridiana (United States of America, Chicago, Illinois) . 2025.11.25 23:34:31 - Routes, add 68.235.35.253/32 for interface "Wi-Fi (TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter)". . 2025.11.25 23:34:31 - WireGuard > Setup start . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Setup complete . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Starting WireGuard/0.5.3 (Windows 6.3.9600; amd64) . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Watching network interfaces . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Resolving DNS names . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Creating network adapter . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Using existing driver 0.10 . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Creating adapter . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Using WireGuardNT/0.10 . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Dropping privileges . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Interface created . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Setup interface . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Setting interface configuration . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Peer 1 created . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Setting device v6 addresses . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Interface up . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Setting device v4 addresses . 2025.11.25 23:34:34 - WireGuard > Startup complete . 2025.11.25 23:34:38 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2) . 2025.11.25 23:34:49 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2) . 2025.11.25 23:34:54 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 3) . 2025.11.25 23:34:59 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 4) . 2025.11.25 23:35:04 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 5) . 2025.11.25 23:35:09 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 6) . 2025.11.25 23:35:14 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 7) . 2025.11.25 23:35:19 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 8) . 2025.11.25 23:35:24 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (68.235.35.253:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 9) W 2025.11.25 23:35:25 - WireGuard > Handshake timeout ! 2025.11.25 23:35:25 - Disconnecting . 2025.11.25 23:35:25 - WireGuard > Stop request received . 2025.11.25 23:35:25 - WireGuard > Stopping . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - WireGuard > Completed . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Routes, delete 0.0.0.0/1 for interface "{E8E2BA4A-A88C-440A-A620-F87FA0949F9B}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Routes, delete 128.0.0.0/1 for interface "{E8E2BA4A-A88C-440A-A620-F87FA0949F9B}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Routes, delete ::/1 for interface "{E8E2BA4A-A88C-440A-A620-F87FA0949F9B}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Routes, delete 8000::/1 for interface "{E8E2BA4A-A88C-440A-A620-F87FA0949F9B}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Routes, delete 68.235.35.253/32 for interface "Wi-Fi (TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter)". . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Routes, delete 68.235.38.2/32 for interface "{E8E2BA4A-A88C-440A-A620-F87FA0949F9B}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Routes, delete 2607:9000:100:206:d4c6:f0f0:a1:5f65/128 for interface "{E8E2BA4A-A88C-440A-A620-F87FA0949F9B}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Collect network information . 2025.11.25 23:35:26 - Connection terminated. I 2025.11.25 23:35:29 - Checking authorization ... ! 2025.11.25 23:35:31 - Connecting to Torcular (United States of America, Denver, Colorado) . 2025.11.25 23:35:31 - Routes, add 198.54.128.117/32 for interface "Wi-Fi (TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter)". . 2025.11.25 23:35:31 - WireGuard > Setup start . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Setup complete . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Starting WireGuard/0.5.3 (Windows 6.3.9600; amd64) . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Watching network interfaces . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Resolving DNS names . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Creating network adapter . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Using existing driver 0.10 . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Creating adapter . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Using WireGuardNT/0.10 . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Dropping privileges . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Setup interface . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Setting interface configuration . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Interface created . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Peer 1 created . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Setting device v6 addresses . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Interface up . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Setting device v4 addresses . 2025.11.25 23:35:32 - WireGuard > Startup complete . 2025.11.25 23:35:37 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (198.54.128.117:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2) . 2025.11.25 23:35:42 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (198.54.128.117:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2) . 2025.11.25 23:35:47 - WireGuard > Handshake for peer 1 (198.54.128.117:1637) did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2) ! 2025.11.25 23:35:52 - Disconnecting . 2025.11.25 23:35:52 - WireGuard > Stop request received . 2025.11.25 23:35:52 - WireGuard > Stopping . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - WireGuard > Completed . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Routes, delete 0.0.0.0/1 for interface "{7401B431-C625-4242-8F4C-DDFCFBB943B4}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Routes, delete 128.0.0.0/1 for interface "{7401B431-C625-4242-8F4C-DDFCFBB943B4}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Routes, delete ::/1 for interface "{7401B431-C625-4242-8F4C-DDFCFBB943B4}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Routes, delete 8000::/1 for interface "{7401B431-C625-4242-8F4C-DDFCFBB943B4}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Routes, delete 198.54.128.117/32 for interface "Wi-Fi (TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter)". . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Routes, delete 198.54.128.138/32 for interface "{7401B431-C625-4242-8F4C-DDFCFBB943B4}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Routes, delete 2607:9000:2000:23:5575:3abb:501e:f35f/128 for interface "{7401B431-C625-4242-8F4C-DDFCFBB943B4}", not exists. . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Collect network information . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Connection terminated. I 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Cancel requested. . 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Deactivation of Network Lock ! 2025.11.25 23:35:53 - Session terminated. Quote Share this post Link to post
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treachtiger 0 Posted ... Tried a dozen protocols, getting the following across the board for OpenVPN: I 2025.11.27 02:11:50 - Session starting. . 2025.11.27 02:11:50 - Activation of Network Lock - Windows Filtering Platform I 2025.11.27 02:11:50 - Checking authorization ... . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - Collect network information . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - Added new network interface "Eddie", {09D5FF32-857A-4DCA-8C1F-4F435CD88C92} . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - Collect network information . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - Using wintun network interface "Eddie (Wintun Userspace Tunnel #10001)" ! 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - Connecting to Lesath (Canada, Toronto, Ontario) . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - Routes, add 184.75.221.5/32 for interface "Wi-Fi (TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter)". . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > Note: '--allow-compression' is not set to 'no', disabling data channel offload. . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > OpenVPN 2.6.12 [git:v2.6.12/038a94bae57a446c] Windows [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] [DCO] built on Jul 18 2024 . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > Windows version 6.3 (Windows 8.1), amd64 executable . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > library versions: OpenSSL 3.3.1 4 Jun 2024, LZO 2.10 . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > DCO version: N/A . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]184.75.221.5:443 . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > Socket Buffers: R=[65536->262144] S=[65536->262144] . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > UDPv4 link local: (not bound) . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]184.75.221.5:443 . 2025.11.27 02:11:51 - OpenVPN > TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]184.75.221.5:443, sid=aca8d8ac 57d8b354 . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > VERIFY KU OK . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > Validating certificate extended key usage . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > VERIFY EKU OK . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=Lesath, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > Control Channel: TLSv1.3, cipher TLSv1.3 TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256, peer certificate: 4096 bits RSA, signature: RSA-SHA512, peer temporary key: 253 bits X25519 . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > [Lesath] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]184.75.221.5:443 . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > TLS: move_session: dest=TM_ACTIVE src=TM_INITIAL reinit_src=1 . 2025.11.27 02:11:52 - OpenVPN > TLS: tls_multi_process: initial untrusted session promoted to trusted . 2025.11.27 02:11:53 - OpenVPN > SENT CONTROL [Lesath]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1) . 2025.11.27 02:11:55 - OpenVPN > AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED W 2025.11.27 02:11:55 - Authorization failed. Look at the client area to discover the reason. . 2025.11.27 02:11:55 - OpenVPN > SIGTERM received, sending exit notification to peer ! 2025.11.27 02:11:55 - Disconnecting . 2025.11.27 02:11:55 - Sending soft termination signal . 2025.11.27 02:11:58 - OpenVPN > SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting . 2025.11.27 02:11:58 - Routes, delete 184.75.221.5/32 for interface "Wi-Fi (TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter)". . 2025.11.27 02:11:58 - Collect network information . 2025.11.27 02:11:58 - Connection terminated. I 2025.11.27 02:12:01 - Checking authorization ... . 2025.11.27 02:12:01 - Collect network information . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - Using wintun network interface "Eddie (Wintun Userspace Tunnel #10001)" ! 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - Connecting to Lesath (Canada, Toronto, Ontario) . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - Routes, add 184.75.221.5/32 for interface "Wi-Fi (TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter)". . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > Note: '--allow-compression' is not set to 'no', disabling data channel offload. . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > OpenVPN 2.6.12 [git:v2.6.12/038a94bae57a446c] Windows [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] [DCO] built on Jul 18 2024 . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > Windows version 6.3 (Windows 8.1), amd64 executable . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > library versions: OpenSSL 3.3.1 4 Jun 2024, LZO 2.10 . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > DCO version: N/A . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]184.75.221.5:443 . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > Socket Buffers: R=[65536->262144] S=[65536->262144] . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > UDPv4 link local: (not bound) . 2025.11.27 02:12:02 - OpenVPN > UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]184.75.221.5:443 . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]184.75.221.5:443, sid=4c6f7ce9 afa3334f . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > VERIFY KU OK . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > Validating certificate extended key usage . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > VERIFY EKU OK . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=Lesath, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > Control Channel: TLSv1.3, cipher TLSv1.3 TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256, peer certificate: 4096 bits RSA, signature: RSA-SHA512, peer temporary key: 253 bits X25519 . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > [Lesath] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]184.75.221.5:443 . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > TLS: move_session: dest=TM_ACTIVE src=TM_INITIAL reinit_src=1 . 2025.11.27 02:12:05 - OpenVPN > TLS: tls_multi_process: initial untrusted session promoted to trusted . 2025.11.27 02:12:06 - OpenVPN > SENT CONTROL [Lesath]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1) . 2025.11.27 02:12:06 - OpenVPN > AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED W 2025.11.27 02:12:06 - Authorization failed. Look at the client area to discover the reason. . 2025.11.27 02:12:06 - OpenVPN > SIGTERM received, sending exit notification to peer ! 2025.11.27 02:12:06 - Disconnecting . 2025.11.27 02:12:06 - Sending soft termination signal . 2025.11.27 02:12:09 - OpenVPN > SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting . 2025.11.27 02:12:09 - Routes, delete 184.75.221.5/32 for interface "Wi-Fi (TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter)". . 2025.11.27 02:12:09 - Collect network information . 2025.11.27 02:12:09 - Connection terminated. I 2025.11.27 02:12:10 - Cancel requested. . 2025.11.27 02:12:10 - Deactivation of Network Lock ! 2025.11.27 02:12:11 - Session terminated. Quote Share this post Link to post