I am testing the above scenarios for OVPN and WireGuard.
I have a dd-wrt router sitting behind my ISP gateway/modem. I have a static IP for the dd-wrt router on the gateway/modem subnet and have ports 1140 and 51820 forwarded. I have the OVPN server and WG tunnel setup on this router.
I have two routers, an ASUS RT-AX86S with Merlin and a GL-MT3000 that I am trying to setup as OVPN/WG clients to the OVPN and WG servers I have setup on the dd-wrt router.
I have the OVPN/WG client configuration files installed on the GL-MT3000 router and it connects to both OVPN and WG servers. When I check from ipleak.net site, I get the IP address and DNS from the server. I am testing this by providing internet through tethering from an iPhone.
I also have the OVPN/WG client configuration files installed on the ASUS RT-AX86S router and it connects to both OVPN and WG servers. I am testing this by providing internet through tethering from an Android phone. When I test the OVPN client connection, I get the IP address of the server but DNS from the Android cell phone. When I test the WG client connection, I get the IP address and the DNS from the Android cell phone. I am connected to the server in both OVPN and WG tests and see TX/RX data.
I researched for several days now the Merlin Wiki page and several forums and tried various tips such as DNS director and VPN director policies. When I use DNS director, I can get the DNS leak problem fixed. I don't see any difference in results when I add WG tunnel or OVPN tunnel in the VPN director.
Am I missing something? I feel like I am very close to getting it working as I would like it to, still not able to resolve the issues for several days. I am fairly new to networking. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
My ideal set up is that I would like the ASUS Merlin router sitting behind an ISP gateway/modem and be able to connect to either the OVPN or WG servers. Also, I plan to use my GL-MT3000 for VPN when I travel.
EDIT: Just needed to edit the policy in VPN director. Needed to create a tunnel for all internet traffic using WG client. Problem Solved!!!
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