diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/ovpnmain.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/ovpnmain.cgi
index 833ce8247..49ddae4ce 100755
--- a/html/cgi-bin/ovpnmain.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/ovpnmain.cgi
@@ -337,7 +337,10 @@ sub writeserverconf {
     @advcipherchar = ($sovpnsettings{'DATACIPHERS'} =~ s/\|/:/g);
     print CONF "data-ciphers $sovpnsettings{'DATACIPHERS'}\n";
 
-    print CONF "cipher $sovpnsettings{DCIPHER}\n";
+    # The "--cipher" directive has been renamed to "--data-cipher-fallback"
+    # but uses the old setting files. This should deliver compatibility
+    # for already existing old clients back to OpenVPN version 2.3.x
+    print CONF "data-ciphers-fallback $sovpnsettings{DCIPHER}\n";
 	print CONF "auth $sovpnsettings{'DAUTH'}\n";
     # Set TLSv2 as minimum
     print CONF "tls-version-min 1.2\n";
@@ -819,6 +822,7 @@ if ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq $Lang::tr{'save-adv-options'}) {
     $vpnsettings{'DHCP_WINS'} = $cgiparams{'DHCP_WINS'};
     $vpnsettings{'ROUTES_PUSH'} = $cgiparams{'ROUTES_PUSH'};
     $vpnsettings{'DATACIPHERS'} = $cgiparams{'DATACIPHERS'};
+    $vpnsettings{'DCIPHER'} = $cgiparams{'DCIPHER'};
     my @temp=();
 
     # data-ciphers needs at least one cipher
@@ -1243,7 +1247,6 @@ if ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq $Lang::tr{'save'} && $cgiparams{'TYPE'} eq '' && $cg
     $vpnsettings{'DDEST_PORT'} = $cgiparams{'DDEST_PORT'};
     $vpnsettings{'DMTU'} = $cgiparams{'DMTU'};
     $vpnsettings{'DCOMPLZO'} = $cgiparams{'DCOMPLZO'};
-    $vpnsettings{'DCIPHER'} = $cgiparams{'DCIPHER'};
     $vpnsettings{'DAUTH'} = $cgiparams{'DAUTH'};
     $vpnsettings{'TLSAUTH'} = $cgiparams{'TLSAUTH'};
 #wrtie enable
@@ -2306,6 +2309,12 @@ else
 	$zip->addFile( "${General::swroot}/ovpn/certs/$confighash{$cgiparams{'KEY'}}[1]cert.pem", "$confighash{$cgiparams{'KEY'}}[1]cert.pem") or die "Can't add file $confighash{$cgiparams{'KEY'}}[1]cert.pem\n";
     }
 
+    # !!! With the update to version 2.6.x all new configured clients
+    # needs to be at least at OpenVPN version >= 2.5.0 cause the cipher
+    # directive is deprecated and reach his EOL with 2.7.x so only the
+    # following NCP will be used !!!
+    #print CLIENTCONF "cipher $vpnsettings{DCIPHER}\r\n";
+
     # Data cipher negotiation
     # Set seperator ':' for --data-ciphers algorithms
     @advcipherchar = ($vpnsettings{'DATACIPHERS'} =~ s/\|/:/g);
@@ -2684,6 +2693,26 @@ ADV_ERROR:
     @temp = split('\|', $cgiparams{'DATACIPHERS'});
     foreach my $key (@temp) {$checked{'DATACIPHERS'}{$key} = "selected='selected'"; }
 
+    # Set default for data-cipher-fallback (the old --cipher directive)
+    if ($cgiparams{'DCIPHER'} eq '') {
+         $cgiparams{'DCIPHER'} =  'AES-256-CBC';
+    }
+    # All CBC ciphers are now in data-cipher-fallback section
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-256-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-192-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-128-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-256-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-192-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-128-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'SEED-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-EDE3-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DESX-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-EDE-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'BF-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAST5-CBC'} = '';
+    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{$cgiparams{'DCIPHER'}} = 'SELECTED';
+
     if ($cgiparams{'MAX_CLIENTS'} eq '') {
 		$cgiparams{'MAX_CLIENTS'} =  '100';
     }
@@ -2772,6 +2801,7 @@ ADV_ERROR:
                    <tr>
                         <th width="15%"></th>
                         <th>$Lang::tr{'ovpn data channel'}</th>
+                        <th>$Lang::tr{'ovpn data channel fallback'}</th>
                    </tr>
               </thead>
               <tbody>
@@ -2785,6 +2815,23 @@ ADV_ERROR:
                                   <option value='AES-128-GCM' $checked{'DATACIPHERS'}{'AES-128-GCM'}>128 $Lang::tr{'bit'} AES-GCM</option>
                              </select>
                         </td>
+
+                        <td class='boldbase'>
+                             <select name='DCIPHER' size='6' style='width: 100%'>
+                                  <option value='AES-256-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-256-CBC'}>256 $Lang::tr{'bit'} AES-CBC</option>
+                                  <option value='AES-192-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-192-CBC'}>192 $Lang::tr{'bit'} AES-CBC</option>
+                                  <option value='AES-128-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-128-CBC'}>128 bit AES-CBC</option>
+                                  <option value='CAMELLIA-256-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-256-CBC'}>256 $Lang::tr{'bit'} Camellia-CBC</option>
+                                  <option value='CAMELLIA-192-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-192-CBC'}>192 $Lang::tr{'bit'} CAMELLIA-CBC</option>
+                                  <option value='CAMELLIA-128-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-128-CBC'}>128 $Lang::tr{'bit'} Camellia-CBC</option>
+                                  <option value='SEED-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'SEED-CBC'}>128 $Lang::tr{'bit'} SEED-CBC</option>
+                                  <option value='DES-EDE3-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-EDE3-CBC'}>DES-EDE3-CBC 192 $Lang::tr{'bit'} - $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'}</option>
+                                  <option value='DESX-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DESX-CBC'}>DESX-CBC 192 $Lang::tr{'bit'} - $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'}</option>
+                                  <option value='DES-EDE-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-EDE-CBC'}>DES-EDE-CBC 128 $Lang::tr{'bit'} - $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'}</option>
+                                  <option value='BF-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'BF-CBC'}>BF-CBC 128 $Lang::tr{'bit'} - $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'}</option>
+                                  <option value='CAST5-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAST5-CBC'}>CAST5-CBC 128 $Lang::tr{'bit'}, $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'}</option>
+                             </select>
+                        </td>
                    </tr>
               </tbody>
          </table>
@@ -5250,24 +5297,6 @@ END
     $selected{'DPROTOCOL'}{'tcp'} = '';
     $selected{'DPROTOCOL'}{$cgiparams{'DPROTOCOL'}} = 'SELECTED';
 
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-256-GCM'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-192-GCM'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-128-GCM'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-256-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-192-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-128-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-256-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-192-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-128-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-EDE3-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DESX-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'SEED-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-EDE-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAST5-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'BF-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-CBC'} = '';
-    $selected{'DCIPHER'}{$cgiparams{'DCIPHER'}} = 'SELECTED';
-
     $selected{'DAUTH'}{'whirlpool'} = '';
     $selected{'DAUTH'}{'SHA512'} = '';
     $selected{'DAUTH'}{'SHA384'} = '';
@@ -5391,29 +5420,6 @@ END
 			</select>
 		</td>
 
-		<td class='boldbase' nowrap='nowrap'>$Lang::tr{'cipher'}</td>
-		<td><select name='DCIPHER'>
-				<option value='AES-256-GCM' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-256-GCM'}>AES-GCM (256 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='AES-192-GCM' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-192-GCM'}>AES-GCM (192 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='AES-128-GCM' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-128-GCM'}>AES-GCM (128 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='CAMELLIA-256-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-256-CBC'}>CAMELLIA-CBC (256 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='CAMELLIA-192-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-192-CBC'}>CAMELLIA-CBC (192 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='CAMELLIA-128-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAMELLIA-128-CBC'}>CAMELLIA-CBC (128 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='AES-256-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-256-CBC'}>AES-CBC (256 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='AES-192-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-192-CBC'}>AES-CBC (192 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='AES-128-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'AES-128-CBC'}>AES-CBC (128 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='SEED-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'SEED-CBC'}>SEED-CBC (128 $Lang::tr{'bit'})</option>
-				<option value='DES-EDE3-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-EDE3-CBC'}>DES-EDE3-CBC (192 $Lang::tr{'bit'}, $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'})</option>
-				<option value='DESX-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DESX-CBC'}>DESX-CBC (192 $Lang::tr{'bit'}, $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'})</option>
-				<option value='DES-EDE-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'DES-EDE-CBC'}>DES-EDE-CBC (128 $Lang::tr{'bit'}, $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'})</option>
-				<option value='BF-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'BF-CBC'}>BF-CBC (128 $Lang::tr{'bit'}, $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'})</option>
-				<option value='CAST5-CBC' $selected{'DCIPHER'}{'CAST5-CBC'}>CAST5-CBC (128 $Lang::tr{'bit'}, $Lang::tr{'vpn weak'})</option>
-			</select>
-		</td>
-	</tr>
-
-    <tr><td colspan='4'><br></td></tr>
-	<tr>
 		<td class='base'>$Lang::tr{'ovpn tls auth'}</td>
 		<td><input type='checkbox' name='TLSAUTH' $checked{'TLSAUTH'}{'on'} /></td>
 	</tr>
diff --git a/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl b/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
index 7c8287510..92bacc0ef 100644
--- a/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
+++ b/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
@@ -1959,6 +1959,7 @@
 'ovpn crypt options' => 'Kryptografieoptionen',
 'ovpn data encryption' => 'Daten-Kanal Verschlüsselung',
 'ovpn data channel' => 'Daten-Kanal',
+'ovpn data channel fallback' => 'Daten-Kanal Fallback',
 'ovpn device' => 'OpenVPN-Gerät',
 'ovpn dl' => 'OVPN-Konfiguration downloaden',
 'ovpn engines' => 'Krypto Engine',
diff --git a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
index cfa826245..2f517e79c 100644
--- a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
+++ b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
@@ -2020,6 +2020,7 @@
 'ovpn crypt options' => 'Cryptographic options',
 'ovpn data encryption' => 'Data-Channel encryption',
 'ovpn data channel' => 'Data-Channel',
+'ovpn data channel fallback' => 'Data-Channel fallback',
 'ovpn device' => 'OpenVPN device:',
 'ovpn dl' => 'OVPN-Config Download',
 'ovpn engines' => 'Crypto engine',
