As free and open source software (FOSS), OpenVPN GUI is free in every sense of the word. Do please be aware, however, that in order to use it you must either subscribe to a commercial VPN service or setup our own private OpenVPN server. OpenVPN GUI, as such, is only available for Windows. OpenVPN GUI application doesn't have any easy method to save your login username and password. Do the following to save this information. Create a text file on your Desktop, use 'auth.txt' as the filename. Enter your login in the first line of file, it should be similar to 's123456' for example, you can find this info in the Customer Area. OpenVPN GUI is a free and open source OpenVPN controller software app filed under network software and made available by Mathias Sundman for Windows. The review for OpenVPN GUI has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. When you install the OpenVPN GUI app on your device, you can use it to connect to Surfshark VPN servers. Locate the OpenVPN GUI icon on your desktop and double-click on it. The app will start in the system tray. Click the white arrow and you will see the OpenVPN icon (computer with a lock) there.
This tutorial will show you how you can use the OpenVPN GUI with OctoVPN.Requirements:
- Downloaded & Install OpenVPN GUI: https://manage.octovpn.com/downloads
Openvpn Gui Is Already Running
- Download & Extract the OpenVPN Config FIles for OctoVPN: https://manage.octovpn.com/downloads
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Right click then click 'Import File'
Now import the .ovpn files that you downloaded earlier, wether it's UDP or TCP. Simply access that folder and import the servers you want to connect to.
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It will ask for login credentials, these login credentials can be found here: https://manage.octovpn.com/myvpn
If you have issues connecting, make sure you are using correct credentials.
If you see something like TAP Adapter is waiting, then install the TAP Adapter from this link: https://cdn.octovpn.com/tap-windows.exe
Published on: 09 / 05 / 2020
After finish installing OpenVPN on Windows 8.1, we will get OpenVPN GUI icon appeared on desktop / Apps list. By the time this article is written, the latest OpenVPN version is 2.3.6. Chronoslider 2 0 6.
OpenVPN GUI has different interface than the OpenVPN Client interface from older OpenVPN version that appeared on various tutorials across the internet. This interface difference can make users confused at first as there is no obvious clue on how to configure the connection profiles to connect to VPN on the OpenVPN GUI interface.
OpenVPN GUI interface after it is just installed
Clicking the OpenVPN GUI icon on desktop will just open up an icon on the icon tray on taskbar at your monitor's bottom-right (pointed by red arrow). Double left-click it will bring up nothing. You have to right-click on the icon and its interface will show up. It is just Settings and Exit. The Settings menu is for the OpenVPN itself - no sight of place / settings to configure the connection profiles.
Configure Connection Profiles
Film wizard 2 7 0 1. Make ready your connection configuration file. The configuration file has .ovpn file extension.
Copy the configuration file you want to use to config folder in your OpenVPN's installation folder. The default location is C:Program FilesOpenVPNconfig.
Once you copied the configuration file to config folder, the configuration settings of your connection profile will show up on the OpenVPN GUI icon when you right-clicked it. Hover over your chosen connection profile and the option to connect, view log, edit config, and change password will be displayed.
Click connect. Make sure you have run OpenVPN GUI as administrator. If the connection you want to use is password protected, you will be prompted to enter username and password. Wait for the connecting progress to complete until a notification message popup from the OpenVPN GUI icon on the taskbar, stating that you are now connected to the VPN with certain IP address assigned to you. The OpenVPN GUI icon will also turned to green indicating the VPN is connected.
Click connect. Make sure you have run OpenVPN GUI as administrator. If the connection you want to use is password protected, you will be prompted to enter username and password. Wait for the connecting progress to complete until a notification message popup from the OpenVPN GUI icon on the taskbar, stating that you are now connected to the VPN with certain IP address assigned to you. The OpenVPN GUI icon will also turned to green indicating the VPN is connected.
Issue: VPN is connected, but IP address does not change
It happens likely because you are not running the OpenVPN GUI with administrator's right. Without administrator's right, it can not change your current IP address even if you have been connected to a VPN connection correctly.
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There is few ways to access settings to run OpenVPN GUI as administrator.
- From OpenVPN GUI icon on desktop.
- From openvpn-gui.exe file in bin folder in OpenVPN installation folder (C:Program FilesOpenVPNbin).
Both ways is the same thing. Just choose which one is faster to be accessed.
- Right click on the icon > choose 'Run as administrator'.
If you don't want to do it every time you want to run OpenVPN as administrator, you can set as default by:
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- Right click on the icon > Properties > Compatibility tab > Settings section > Check the option 'Run this program as an administrator' > Click OK
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