[RT-N66U] Open-VPN TCP Port 443 not binding

[doggydude]

For reasons, I need to set up openvpn on the rt-n66u to use port 443 and tcp. The VPN starts fine with UDP, but upon switching to TCP, the following error occurs keeping it from starting:
Apr 16 11:34:41 openvpn[7196]: TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address [undef]: Address already in use
Apr 16 11:34:41 openvpn[7196]: Exiting due to fatal error

After doing some research, people who have this error with an Open VPN server on their computers need to netstat to find what is using the port, so they can kill the process, but I don't know of any way to do this on my router.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[RMerlin]

Port 443 is used by AiCloud. You will have to disable AiCloud if you really want to host your OpenVPN on that port, or move AiCloud to a different port (configurable through http://192.168.1.1/cloud_settings.asp)

 

[doggydude]

That fixed it,
Thank you Merlin, I appreciate the hard work and dedication you have for this community, I wish I had even half the skills you have!

 

[BeerusSama]

I logged in just to say thanks for the answer @RMerlin, more than 3 years later you helped someone again... I am trying to setup OpenVPN on my Asus RT-AC66U and had the same problem as @doggydude, disabling AiCloud (which I have NEVER used) fixes it instantly.

 

[Hello World]

Port 443 is used by AiCloud. You will have to disable AiCloud if you really want to host your OpenVPN on that port, or move AiCloud to a different port (configurable through http://192.168.1.1/cloud_settings.asp)

Thanks Merlin. I've been pulling my hair out for months trying to figure out what was using port 443. I turned off AiCloud and now I can set my OpenVPN to TCP 443. A million thanks.

 

[carldivin]

Port 443 is used by AiCloud. You will have to disable AiCloud if you really want to host your OpenVPN on that port, or move AiCloud to a different port (configurable through http://192.168.1.1/cloud_settings.asp)

TCP port 443 is the default port used by HTTPS. If this port is blocked on any server or device from your computer to a given destination, such as www.Microsoft.com, your connection to any https site will fail and your browser will return an error message like "Secure Connection Failed" or "Page Cannot be Displayed" . However, the two most common locations for this failure are at your workstation or router. Moreover, if you can access the html page at your root domain (say https://midomain.com/), but pages in a directory like https://midomain.com/ give you a 404 Not Found error.