VPN: "Authentication credentials required"?
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brightdwarf last edited by
The reason you are getting "Authentication credentials required" is because you have not selected a country profile and the VPN location is set to Optimal... see fix below.
After downloading the new Opera VPN version do the following:
- Go to Opera "Menu" at top left of screen and then click "Settings"
- Select "Privacy & Security"
- Select the VPN option and select "Enable VPN" tick box
- Close "Settings menu"
- Open a new tab and you will see a small blue icon called "VPN" in the address Bar
- Left click on the blue "VPN" icon
- It will open a drop down menu showing a blue slider with the Option "VPN ON"
- At the bottom of the drop down menu it will have a setting: "Virtual Location"
- Beneath this it will have an option box which is set to "Optimal Location" (this is the default setting)
- Click the down arrow option to change your location from the default (this is the cause of the problem)
- Set the option to whichever country suits you best, you do not want it set as "Optimal Location"
- Open a new tab and type in any address and ... Voilà !
You do not have to change anything on your local PC or notebook as Opera browser is handling all calls using its own VPN ip address, enjoy surfing anonymously
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pcuser88 last edited by
The reason you are getting "Authentication credentials required" is because you have not selected a country profile and the VPN location is set to Optimal...
I had tried that. It didn't work for me.
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pcuser88 last edited by
Opera 40.0 is out and its VPN is working fine even without tweaking (at least, in my systems). So, you people can leave developer and switch to stable, if VPN is your primary reason for using the former
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knigthviper last edited by
I am still having this issue. When VPN is enabled I am unable to to connect to any website.
Version: 40.0.2308.62 - Opera is up to date
Update stream: Stable
System: Windows 10 64-bit (WoW64) -
srinivasinida1978 last edited by
I am still having issue. When VPN is enabled i am unable to connect to any sites and getting : Authentication credentials required.error.
Version: 40.0.2308.62 System: Mac OS X 10.12.0 64-bit
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emniss last edited byI've got the same problem with Opera dev 41.0.2349.0 on W7Pro. VPN worked fine for a long time, but now I cleared my browsing data...
opera://settings/clearBrowserData
...with "Third party services data" checked. Directly after this the error message "Authentication credentials required." is displayed every time I try to open a website with VPN turned on.
I am pretty sure clearing "Third party services data" caused the error message "Authentication credentials required.", because I cleared my browsing data several times a day before with "Third party services data" UNchecked without having this problem.
Hope this helps to fix the bug. For the moment I am not able to use VPN anymore with my Opera dev installation
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nfbelo last edited by
Same problem here with the Authentication credentials ... I just figured out that I'm unable to reach surfeasy web site via Opera!!! I think the problem stars here!!! Does anyone have the same problem?? (https://support.surfeasy.com/hc/en-us)
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emniss last edited by
The problem seems to be fixed out of nowhere. VPN in Opera dev works again for me without any update or restart since a few minutes?!
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kmielczarczyk Opera last edited by
Hi Guys, the problem should be solved now. Could you restart Opera and check again. Please report if there are still issues with VPN.
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emniss last edited by
kmielczarczyk wrote:
Hi Guys, the problem should be solved now. Could you restart Opera and check again. Please report if there are still issues with VPN.
At the moment VPN works like a charm but a few hours ago it turned several times from blue to orange and back within a second.
PS: I'd like to see Austria (not to be confused with Australia) and Switzerland as virtual locations.
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nfbelo last edited by
Hi kmielczarczyk,
For me the issue remains the same- VPN turned OFF --> can't reach https://support.surfeasy.com/hc/en-us web site
- VPN turned ON ---> can't reach any site!!
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emniss last edited by
I often get this error since the "Authentication credentials required." problem:
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emniss last edited by
In addition to my post above this slightly different error message is shown too since the "Authentication credentials required." problem:
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nfbelo last edited by
Hi there,
Any news regarding the fix of the VPN issue?
It's a bit strange that with the VPN turned ON, I just can access a few sites that a normaly use.For instance I'm not able to load my home page: https://start.duckduckgo.com
But I can load this one: http://www.sapo.pt -
dirkkramm last edited by
Same Issue here! Still!
Interestingly:
40.0.2308.15 beta works like a charm WITH VPN active! the final doesn't. -
nfbelo last edited by
Hi, any news??
I still can't load almost any site with the VPN turned ON :|. Plesase fix this issue.Same Issue here! Still!
Interestingly:
40.0.2308.15 beta works like a charm WITH VPN active! the final doesn't.@ dirkkramm, I've just tried 40.0.2308.52 beta and the VPN doesn't work as well. The badge its always switching between Blue & Orange!!
Hi Guys, the problem should be solved now. Could you restart Opera and check again. Please report if there are still issues with VPN.
@ kmielczarczyk, Waiting for some feedback from you
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dirkkramm last edited by
@ nfbelo
it worked a few days ago but looks that its now also with the beta version causing problems.
hope opera will fix it soon
