Hi,
I just upgraded from my old, hard-boiled RT-AC87U to RT-AX58U with Merlins v. 386.3_0 and cannot get openVPN server working over the WAN side. From my LAN the client connects to the server and everything seems to be normal. But from outside the LAN the client gets no connection.
What I have configured:
[WAN]->[DDNS]:
[VPN]->[VPN server]:
I'm not sure if that's necessary, but I also configured a port forwarding for openVPN from the LAN address of my router to the WAN side
[WAN]->[Virtual Server/Port Forwarding]:
I exported then an OpenVPN configuration file "client1.ovpn", copied it to my smatrphone, imported it in in the app "OpenVPN connect", entered the username and the password. And I can only connect from LAN, a connection from outside/WAN is not possible, due to a server timeout:
I think, exactly these settings (maybe without a port forwarding, I'm not sure) were working on my old router since years and I was happy.
I see, that my DDNS name was resolved correctly, the WAN IP is correct, but the openVPN server doesn't answer over the WAN/Internet. Did I configured wrong port forwarding settings? Do I something else wrong? Could anyone help please?
Best regards
I just upgraded from my old, hard-boiled RT-AC87U to RT-AX58U with Merlins v. 386.3_0 and cannot get openVPN server working over the WAN side. From my LAN the client connects to the server and everything seems to be normal. But from outside the LAN the client gets no connection.
What I have configured:
[WAN]->[DDNS]:
Code:
Enable the DDNS Client: Yes
DDNS Status: Active
DDNS Registration Result: Registration is successful.
Method to retrieve WAN IP: internal
Server: www.asus.com
Host Name: myname.asuscomm.com
Forced update interval (in days): 21
Webui SSL Certificate: Free Certificate from Let's Encrypt
[VPN]->[VPN server]:
Code:
VPN Server - OpenVPN
Server instance: Server 1
Enable OpenVPN Server : ON
VPN Details: General
Client will use VPN to access: Both (LAN and WAN)
Applied: username / password
VPN Status: OpenVPN Server 1 - Running
I'm not sure if that's necessary, but I also configured a port forwarding for openVPN from the LAN address of my router to the WAN side
[WAN]->[Virtual Server/Port Forwarding]:
Code:
Enable Port Forwarding: ON
Service Name: Open VPN Server
External Port: 1194
Internal Port: -
Internal IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Protocol: UDP
Source IP: -
I exported then an OpenVPN configuration file "client1.ovpn", copied it to my smatrphone, imported it in in the app "OpenVPN connect", entered the username and the password. And I can only connect from LAN, a connection from outside/WAN is not possible, due to a server timeout:
Code:
17:24:32.494 -- ----- OpenVPN Start -----
17:24:32.495 -- EVENT: CORE_THREAD_ACTIVE
17:24:32.501 -- OpenVPN core 3.git:released:662eae9a:Release android arm64 64-bit PT_PROXY
17:24:32.504 -- Frame=512/2048/512 mssfix-ctrl=1250
17:24:32.508 -- UNUSED OPTIONS
4 [resolv-retry] [infinite]
5 [nobind]
7 [ncp-ciphers] [AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:AES-256-CBC:AES-128-CBC]
17:24:32.510 -- EVENT: RESOLVE
17:24:32.611 -- Contacting 100.64.37.xxx:1194 via UDP
17:24:32.612 -- EVENT: WAIT
17:24:32.619 -- Connecting to [myname.asuscomm.com]:1194 (100.64.37.xxx) via UDPv4
17:24:42.505 -- Server poll timeout, trying next remote entry...
17:24:42.505 -- EVENT: RECONNECTING
17:24:42.510 -- EVENT: RESOLVE
17:24:42.517 -- Contacting 100.64.37.xxx:1194 via UDP
17:24:42.519 -- EVENT: WAIT
17:24:42.525 -- Connecting to [myname.asuscomm.com]:1194 (100.64.37.xxx) via UDPv4
I think, exactly these settings (maybe without a port forwarding, I'm not sure) were working on my old router since years and I was happy.
I see, that my DDNS name was resolved correctly, the WAN IP is correct, but the openVPN server doesn't answer over the WAN/Internet. Did I configured wrong port forwarding settings? Do I something else wrong? Could anyone help please?
Best regards
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