Scott 0 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 OpenVPN for Android does not recognize the remote-random switch of your opvn files when attempting to import them. Please advise, specifically. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Support 257 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hello Scott Which OpenVPN app are you using ? any sort of error message ? Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Scott 0 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 I'm using the App you cite in your tutorial, as I cited above...'OpenVPN for Android'. Here's the error I get... 'Unsupported Option remote-random encountered in config file. Aborting.' I emailed the dev, and he responded with 'try removing the remote-random switch'. It's interesting that the tutorial works with this App. Had you maybe not used remote-random at the tutorial time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Support 257 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Are you referring to FeatVPN or the TorGuard Android app ? Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Scott 0 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Seriously...I'm using 'OpenVPN for Android'. It's the EXACT same App cited in your Android VPN tutorial. Play store link: http://bit.ly/L5kXGn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Support 257 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 OpenVPN for Android i didn't realise was actually the name of the app (Not a regular Android user) so it could have been meaning any Android app for all i know, we do 3/4 tutorials for different OpeVPN android apps. If you would be more specific and point to tuts you followed it would help - I'm not sure why they wouldn't support remote-random but you can download individual configs from the My Servers page if thats the case. Your correct though - we didn't use remote-random at that time. Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Scott 0 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Here's the link to your own tutorial...it's the one that shows you how to use OpenVPN on Android (hint hint) http://bit.ly/1j81mnz Since the dev of the App recommended removing remote-random, please provide me what code I would replace that section with. I would imagine it to be a specific IP? What would the code replacement look like...specifically. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Support 257 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 If you cannot use the remote-random option then you will need to download individual configs from under the My Servers section. Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 ihaveacomputer 0 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 I had the same problem with open vpn for android downloaded from play store. solution download torguardpro.zip unzip find .ovpn (for the server you want to use) change to .txt find "remote-random" line delete "remote-random" line save change back to .ovpn load on phone select the edited .ovpn from openvpn for android app you will also need the certificate for the server from the zip file Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Scott 0 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Thanks @ihaveagoat, good to know for future reference. I just downloaded individual config files. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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OpenVPN for Android does not recognize the remote-random switch of your opvn files when attempting to import them.
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