RT-AC87U: meaning of enable vpn + dhcp connection parameter

[GSpock]

Hi All,
can someone explain the meaning of this parameter:
Enable vpn + dhcp connection

on the WAN settings screen.

Thanks,
GS

 

[RMerlin]

Hi All,
can someone explain the meaning of this parameter:
Enable vpn + dhcp connection

on the WAN settings screen.

This is used by a few Russian ISPs such as Beeline, which will require obtaining a private DHCP lease from the ISP's private network, after which they will establish a PPTP connection with the ISP to provide the Internet access.

 

[GSpock]

Thanks RMerlin!

 

[primitivo]

Why is it "yes" by default?

 

[RMerlin]

Why is it "yes" by default?

Probably so out of the box, the router will work regardless of your ISP.

 

[matge]

With Bell Fiber, using router as PPPoE client, I had connection issues when this setting is set to Yes

pppoe take forever to reconnect after reboot

Hi! I am with Bell Fibe business plan and I've put the Sagecom 2000 in bridge mode. So my Asus RT-AC68U with Merlin (latest version) connect to WAN through pppoe. I used all the default settings, entered my credentials and everything is up and running. When I apply a settings to the router...

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[JackLi]

Since there is vpn+dhcp connection? Why not something like vpn+static connection (so that I can assign a static private ip address).

 

[Phillis84]

With Bell Fiber, using router as PPPoE client, I had connection issues when this setting is set to Yes

pppoe take forever to reconnect after reboot

Hi! I am with Bell Fibe business plan and I've put the Sagecom 2000 in bridge mode. So my Asus RT-AC68U with Merlin (latest version) connect to WAN through pppoe. I used all the default settings, entered my credentials and everything is up and running. When I apply a settings to the router...

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Enable VPN + DHCP Connection messing up OpenVPN Server on Bell

Howdy, Been banging my head on the wall all morning since upgrading the router to 386.3_2 (from probable 384xx). If you setup an OpenVPN server on Bell Canada and are unable to connect and see any connection attempt information in the logs, make sure to disable WAN->Enable VPN + DHCP...

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Yeah Bell doesn't like that setting!

 

[ragnaroknroll]

In case anyone else has suffered for years like me as a consequence of this setting, I thought it's worth mentioning that Bigpipe in New Zealand does not like the "Enable VPN + DHCP Connection" option set to Yes either. For the last few years, I have lived with it taking ages to reconnect to the internet after each router reboot, with a series of system log messages like "services: apply rules error" and "Timeout waiting for PADO packets". I never had the courage to mess around with the "Special Requirement from ISP" settings, since I did not fully understand them. I mustered up some courage a few days ago and found that just toggling this switch to No appears to resolve this issue. Sigh...

 

[kobayashi_maru]

I have the RT-AC68U and this setting was the culprit behind CPU 1 being pegged at 100%. Disabled it and CPU usage immediately dropped to a few percent. No idea why it only became an issue today.