Dang, that worked. Thank you so much. And a second thank you for foreseeing what would have been my next problem with the multiple users scenario you explained. I threw a second slate in the mix and changed to 10.0 with a different user name and it all just works wonderfully.

What would the “allowed clients” entry look like if i were to use a third user name running the openvpn app on a smartphone instead of on the slate. The smartphone would be tunneling in from its cellular network, so im not sure what to enter in “subnet” and “mask” field of the “allowed clients”

Thanks again for your time