openvpn 2.0-beta6: problem with ifconfig-pool and pull

I tried to switch from openvpn 1.6 to 2.0beta6 yesterday and my windows 
2000 vpn client will not assign an ip address when it connects to the 
server using pull on the client and ifconfig-pool on the server.

Both my test client and openvpn server are behind cheap broadband 
firewall/routers.  The client also will not add a route using route 
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.1, which it would do using version 
1.6. The route command doesn't work whether I'm using pull or ifconfig 
on the client, so I'm beginning to wonder if the problem has something 
to do with the TAP driver on my client.

I can get the vpn to function if the client configuration uses ifconfig 
rather than pull and I manually add the route using the command line on 
the client.  As soon I try to use push/pull, the vpn seems to fail even 
if the only thing I try to push/pull is a "ping 10".

Thanks for any help you can provide.
Mark Reidenbach


---- Server Config ----------
# Tunnel configuration
dev tap
port 5001

# Tunnel Options
#mtu-test
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1400
fragment 1400
comp-lzo

# TLS parms
tls-server
ca /usr/local/ssl/demoCA/my-ca.crt
cert /usr/local/ssl/office.crt
key /usr/local/ssl/office.key
dh /usr/local/ssl/demoCA/dh2048.pem

# Tell OpenVPN to be a multi-client udp server
mode server

# The server's virtual subnet
ifconfig 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0

# Client configuration
ifconfig-pool 192.168.2.5 192.168.2.10
#push "route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.1"
#push "ip-win32 dynamic 3"
#push "dhcp-option WINS 192.168.1.150"
#push "dhcp-option NBT 2"

# The server doesn't need privileges
user nobody
group nobody

verb 4



---- Client Config ----------
# Tunnel configuration
dev tap
remote {public-ip}
port 5001

# Tunnel options
#mtu-test
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1400
fragment 1400
comp-lzo

# TLS parms
tls-client
ca c:\\certs\\my-ca.crt
cert c:\\certs\\home.crt
key c:\\certs\\home.key

# Client configuration
#tap-sleep 25
#ifconfig-nowarn
pull

#ifconfig 192.168.2.5 255.255.255.0
#route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.1
#ip-win32 dynamic
#dhcp-option WINS 192.168.1.150


# Debug Level
verb 4



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