DD-WRT VPN was working, now fresh setup doesn't even try to connect

private_hirooprivate_hiroo
in Other Devices VPN Setup
I had a the OpenVPN connection to PIA working well in my DD-WRT router.  I decided to upgrade my DD-WRT version and was having a lot of  crashes so had to reset my settings and redo everything from scratch.  This fixed my crashing problem but now I can't get the OpenVPN client in DD-WRT to try connect to PIA.  There are no error messages, the OpenVPN status page is just all blank except for the command used.



I followed the setup instructions here: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-support/dd-wrt-openvpn

I am connecting to port 443/TCP using the certificate and settings here: https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/hc/en-us/articles/225274288-Which-encryption-auth-settings-should-I-use-for-ports-on-your-gateways-

(I need to use 443/TCP due to throttling/blocking issues with UDP and other ports by my ISP).

In the past when I had connection problems, it was clearly trying to connect and would show errors in the log.  Now it just doesn't seem to do anything.

Can anybody point out what I'm doing wrong?

Also, is the client user/pw supposed to be the same one used to login to your PIA user account, or the one generated for PPTP/L2TP/SOCKS?



Comments

  • PiaVipperPiaVipper
    Blowfish is old hat - Use ports 1197 or 1198 and UDP
  • private_hirooprivate_hiroo
    edited February 2017
    Like I said, under my previous setup, UDP mode would connect but slows to a crawl within a couple minutes due to what I assume is filtering or throttling by the ISP.  Also, even when it is working, google backend services for phone apps don't seem to work over a UDP VPN, like gmail, drive, maps, hangouts will not work when connected to wifi with the connection on UDP VPN.  Tivo will also not connect to their backend servers with UDP. With TCP VPN, everything works.

    But all that is separate from my question (UDP and port are not part of the problem here since it never even tries to connect).  I had the TCP VPN working fine on the previous firmware.  Now I'm trying to recreate the same setup and have the settings the same, but it doesn't even try to connect.  

    Can anybody help with that?  Thanks in advance.
  • PiaVipperPiaVipper
    edited February 2017
    The fact that your router started crashing and you also had it "slowing to a crawl" suggests a hardware fault and not ISP throttling (I don't think chaning protocols to Blowfish would fool the ISP anyway.
    <br>but, you could try enabling the MSS Fix.
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