# My OpenVPN client cannot connect to server **URL:** \ **Category:** Router\ **Created:** [October 12, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572 "2022-10-12T19:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fmas2](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@fmas2](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/fmas2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/21 "2024-05-27T10:04:52Z")
Hi wcs2228, I´m a newbie and sorry for such a simple question. Regarding your comment: Have you enabled Dynamic DNS (DDNS) on the server router and edited the client config file to replace IP address in the “remote” line with the DDNS domain name ([xxx.glddns.com](http://xxx.glddns.com/) I have edited the client.ovpn file and now can you pls tell me how can I load the new file in the openvpn server. Many thanks in advance for your help ---
**Author:** ![admon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/admon/32/32880_2.png) [@admon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/admon)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/22 "2024-05-27T10:05:10Z")
There is no need to upload the new config to the server. It's a client config. ---
**Author:** ![fmas2](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@fmas2](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/fmas2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/23 "2024-05-27T10:17:05Z")
Hi admon, sorry but I´m talking about editing the client.ovpn file created by the server and not the openvpn.ovpn file created on the client server when loading a vpn provider configuration ---
**Author:** ![admon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/admon/32/32880_2.png) [@admon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/admon)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/24 "2024-05-27T10:23:37Z")
So what is your issue right now? And what do you want to do? ---
**Author:** ![fmas2](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@fmas2](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/fmas2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/25 "2024-05-27T10:35:37Z")
The client.ovpn file has this remote 83.40.53.77 1194 and I want to change it with the the remote glddns info and then load it in the openvpn server. Is that possible? ---
**Author:** ![admon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/admon/32/32880_2.png) [@admon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/admon)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/26 "2024-05-27T10:52:07Z")
I don't understand why you want to upload it to some server? It's the client config. If you want to change the remote address, you need to adjust it on the server - because the server generates the new config every time you ask them for a download. While downloading, it will even ask you about whether to use DDNS or not. ![image](https://forum-static.gl-inet.com/original/3X/d/1/d169340a2f617db693d79d8d2b37886e458fea93.png) ---
**Author:** ![fmas2](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@fmas2](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/fmas2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/27 "2024-05-27T11:12:48Z")
Ah OK! I was asking because user wcs2228 was saying to do this. However on gl.inet openvpn server when you start it doesn´t ask to use ddns or not. Thanks once again ---
**Author:** ![fmas2](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@fmas2](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/fmas2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/28 "2024-05-27T12:00:29Z")
Hi again admon, I finally understood that the client.ovpn file created by the openvpn server, once edited with the ddns info, is the file to be loaded on the openvpn client. Sorry for such a simple question ---
**Author:** ![admon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/admon/32/32880_2.png) [@admon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/admon)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/29 "2024-05-27T12:08:27Z")
No problem, sometimes even a simple task can be difficult - all fine, that's why we are here 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/my-openvpn-client-cannot-connect-to-server/24572/30 "2025-10-29T11:39:13Z")
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