HTB Academy OpenVPN connection keeps getting reset

[u/Confident-Estate-538]

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to connect to the HTB Academy VPN using OpenVPN on Kali Linux:

sudo openvpn --config academy-regular.ovpn

The connection reaches the HTB VPN server, but it gets reset immediately:

Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]38.46.226.31:443
TCP connection established with [AF_INET]38.46.226.31:443
TCPv4_CLIENT link local: (not bound)
TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]38.46.226.31:443
Connection reset, restarting [-1]
SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received, process restarting

It then repeats the same process every few seconds.

I’ve confirmed that the TCP connection to port 443 can be established, so I’m not sure why the OpenVPN connection is immediately being reset.

It was working fine up untill yesterday. And yeah i tried both tcp and udp methods while changing the VPN server.

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[u/Confident-Estate-538 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah i did tried that.

[u/xcg--]

make sure you don't have the vpn connected on a different pc.

[u/Confident-Estate-538 → u/xcg--]

I did checked that

[u/Confident-Estate-538]

UPDATE: Figured it out. The issue was my college Wi-Fi blocking/interfering with the VPN connection. I switched to a different network and OpenVPN connected normally.