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Hi everyone,
I m trying to setup my PureVPN account through Viscosity and hitting a weird issue.
I downloaded the viscosity app and installed on my mac just fine
Then I grabbed the zip file that contains all of the OpenVPN files
I launched the client and successfully imported a London based OpenVPN server
The instructions tell me to enter my PureVPN username and password but I cannot find any place to do that. That window never opens for me so I cannot enter the required username/password. I can see the imported server in my connections list but every time I try to connect I see this in the log:
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Viscosity Mac 1.7.2b3 (1405)
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Viscosity OpenVPN Engine Started
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Running on macOS 10.12.5
2017-06-09 16:38:11: ---------
2017-06-09 16:38:11: State changed to Connecting
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Checking reachability status of connection...
2017-06-09 16:38:11: DNS resolution failed for vlbr-ukl1-ovpn-tcp.purevpn.net
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Connection is not reachable. Disconnecting.
2017-06-09 16:38:11: State changed to Disconnected
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Connection will be reconnected when it becomes reachable
My internet connection is fine and I can hit websites as I would normally.
Hopefully someone can help me.
Best regards
Jonny
I m trying to setup my PureVPN account through Viscosity and hitting a weird issue.
I downloaded the viscosity app and installed on my mac just fine
Then I grabbed the zip file that contains all of the OpenVPN files
I launched the client and successfully imported a London based OpenVPN server
The instructions tell me to enter my PureVPN username and password but I cannot find any place to do that. That window never opens for me so I cannot enter the required username/password. I can see the imported server in my connections list but every time I try to connect I see this in the log:
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Viscosity Mac 1.7.2b3 (1405)
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Viscosity OpenVPN Engine Started
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Running on macOS 10.12.5
2017-06-09 16:38:11: ---------
2017-06-09 16:38:11: State changed to Connecting
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Checking reachability status of connection...
2017-06-09 16:38:11: DNS resolution failed for vlbr-ukl1-ovpn-tcp.purevpn.net
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Connection is not reachable. Disconnecting.
2017-06-09 16:38:11: State changed to Disconnected
2017-06-09 16:38:11: Connection will be reconnected when it becomes reachable
My internet connection is fine and I can hit websites as I would normally.
Hopefully someone can help me.
Best regards
Jonny
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Hi jonnynoh,
It would appear either the server address in the configuration file you have downloaded in invalid, or your VPN Provider's DNS records for the server are invalid/missing. "vlbr-ukl1-ovpn-tcp.purevpn.net" is not a resolvable address, you can test this by simply attempting to ping it from the Terminal:
http://www.sparklabs.com/support/kb/art ... connected/
Cheers,
James
It would appear either the server address in the configuration file you have downloaded in invalid, or your VPN Provider's DNS records for the server are invalid/missing. "vlbr-ukl1-ovpn-tcp.purevpn.net" is not a resolvable address, you can test this by simply attempting to ping it from the Terminal:
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You'll need to get in touch with your VPN Provider for updated configuration file/s or to alert them of the problem. For more information please see:ping vlbr-ukl1-ovpn-tcp.purevpn.net
ping: cannot resolve vlbr-ukl1-ovpn-tcp.purevpn.net: Unknown host
http://www.sparklabs.com/support/kb/art ... connected/
Cheers,
James
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