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VPN connection fails

N Network High

🔴 Error Message

OpenVPN connection timing out

📖 What This Means

VPN configuration or network issue.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Check config file: cat vpn.ovpn
  2. Verbose: sudo openvpn --verb 5 vpn.ovpn
  3. Check if UDP/1194 is allowed by firewall
  4. Try TCP: add proto tcp to config