Setting up VPN Merlin

chrisaevans1988

Mar 18 20:14:03 rc_service: httpd 517:notify_rc start_vpnclient1

Mar 18 20:14:04 kernel: tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6

Mar 18 20:14:04 kernel: tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <[email protected]>

Mar 18 20:14:05 openvpn[1611]: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing parameter(s) in config.ovpn:28: pull-filter (2.3.12)

Mar 18 20:14:05 openvpn[1611]: Use --help for more information.

Mar 18 20:14:05 syslog: VPN_LOG_ERROR: 452: Starting OpenVPN failed...

Mar 18 20:14:06 dnsmasq[1599]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM

Mar 18 20:14:06 dnsmasq[1647]: started, version 2.76 cachesize 1500

Mar 18 20:14:06 dnsmasq[1647]: asynchronous logging enabled, queue limit is 5 messages

Mar 18 20:14:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[1647]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.1.2 -- 192.168.1.254, lease time 1d

Mar 18 20:14:06 dnsmasq[1647]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses

Mar 18 20:14:06 dnsmasq[1647]: using nameserver 68.105.28.11#53

Mar 18 20:14:06 dnsmasq[1647]: using nameserver 68.105.29.11#53

Mar 18 20:14:06 dnsmasq[1647]: using nameserver 68.105.28.12#53

If I remove the pull filter command the service will come on.. but it will not allow any browsing or anything.
Been searching for hours trying to figure something out before asking. Any ideas?

chrisaevans1988

Mar 18 20:18:42 rc_service: httpd 517:notify_rc start_vpnclient1

Mar 18 20:18:42 kernel: tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6

Mar 18 20:18:42 kernel: tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <[email protected]>

Mar 18 20:18:44 openvpn[1659]: OpenVPN 2.3.12 arm-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [MH] [IPv6] built on Dec  9 2016

Mar 18 20:18:44 openvpn[1659]: library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2j  26 Sep 2016, LZO 2.08

Mar 18 20:18:44 openvpn[1660]: WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit

Mar 18 20:18:44 openvpn[1660]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts

Mar 18 20:18:44 openvpn[1660]: UDPv4 link local: [undef]

Mar 18 20:18:44 openvpn[1660]: UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]162.216.46.131:1198

Mar 18 20:18:47 openvpn[1660]: WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1590', remote='link-mtu 1542'

Mar 18 20:18:47 openvpn[1660]: WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1532', remote='tun-mtu 1500'

Mar 18 20:18:47 openvpn[1660]: WARNING: 'cipher' is used inconsistently, local='cipher AES-128-CBC', remote='cipher BF-CBC'

Mar 18 20:18:47 openvpn[1660]: [f5075a5d0fa6e491968b5f97b78e3ec2] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]162.216.46.131:1198

Mar 18 20:18:49 openvpn[1660]: TUN/TAP device tun11 opened

Mar 18 20:18:49 openvpn[1660]: do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0

Mar 18 20:18:49 openvpn[1660]: /usr/sbin/ip link set dev tun11 up mtu 1500

Mar 18 20:18:49 openvpn[1660]: /usr/sbin/ip addr add dev tun11 local 10.18.11.6 peer 10.18.11.5

Mar 18 20:18:51 openvpn-routing: Skipping, client 1 not in routing policy mode

Mar 18 20:18:51 openvpn[1660]: Initialization Sequence Completed

This is what I get after removing the pull filter command but again unable to access anything after.

chrisaevans1988

Ok, issue has changed. Sorry for the moving around so much. I finally have it connecting. And allowing traffic.
The new issue is the speed loss. Talking 90% loss, with VPN off I am in the 300-400Mbps range, with VPN on I am struggling to get 5-10Mbps. What are some possible causes or fixes for this? Shy of turning it off.

Max-P

What device are you setting this on? Some routers are unfortunately known to be pretty slow on the VPN, but depending on the model there's some tweaks that can help. I wouldn't expect anything above 50 Mbps however sadly as this is the speed we see most ARM and MIPS based devices cap at due to the lack of processing power to go above.