[HELP] - No Internet on DD-WRT Router

Joey13Joey13
in Other Devices VPN Setup

G'day guys & girls,

Recently went out and purchased a New Modem/ Router and Separate Router. I am trying to achieve setting up my VPN on my router so that all connections in my home Wired / Ethernet are ALL channeled through my VPN.

Modem / Router: TP-Link Archer VR600v (AC1600) VDASL Modem Router
Router: Netgear R7000P Nighthawk (AC2300)
VPN: Private Internet Access
ISP: Aussie Broadband

I unboxed both the Modem and Router.

Connections are as follows.

MODEM "DSL" ----> Wall Socket
MODEM "LAN1" ----> Router "INTERNET"
PC Ethernet ----> Router "LAN1"

Within a few minutes, I was able to configure both devices and had the internet working no problems.

I then followed a tutorial and was able to successfully Flash my Router with DD-WRT [v3.0-r39960M (06/08/19)]

I then followed this guide triple checking each step.

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/helpdesk/guides/routers/dd-wrt-3/dd-wrt-openvpn-setup-2

I am unable to access the internet at all and the VPN Status never connects.

I then tried to reset the router and run the standard DD-WRT setting without the VPN on "Automatic DHCP" and I am STILL unable to access the internet.

I've tried resetting and rebooting both devices to no avail.

As soon as I delete the router and plug the PC back into the Modem, the internet resumes without a hitch!

This is driving me bonkers but for whatever reason since flashing the router with the DD-WRT, I am unable to connect to the internet. That being said, I am not sure if there is a specific setting (aside from the VPN stuff) that I am supposed to be inputting.


Comments

  • Omnibus_IVOmnibus_IV
    edited October 2019
    I wonder if there is an IP conflict. I am sure you have done this, but confirm one more time.

    PIA assigns an IP gateway address to the router. It might be a 10.x.y.z address. PIA also assigns a network IP address on the same subnet 10.x.y.z. Now, the local machine must match those subnets otherwise they will not work. If the local machine is 192.x.y.z and the router is 10.x.y.z, there will be a network mismatch. Unless you have a route on your local machine from one network to another network (on the router) you will not have internet connection. When you go with no VPN, your routes are probably matched.
  • Joey13Joey13

    I've tried everything....Put modem into bridge mode. rebooted. Reset and re-configured router from scratch. Reset my windows network settings. "kicked' my connection from Aussie Broadband Portal...STILL nothing. I'm about to take a hammer to it.

    This is what I get when trying to check the status of the VPN.

    Client: RECONNECTING init_instance

    Local Address:
    Remote Address:

    Status
    VPN Client Stats
    TUN/TAP read bytes 0
    TUN/TAP write bytes 0
    TCP/UDP read bytes 0
    TCP/UDP write bytes 0
    Auth read bytes 0

    19700101 11:00:18 W WARNING: Using --management on a TCP port WITHOUT passwords is STRONGLY discouraged and considered insecure
    19700101 11:00:18 W WARNING: file '/tmp/openvpncl/credentials' is group or others accessible
    19700101 11:00:18 I OpenVPN 2.4.7 arm-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Jun 8 2019
    19700101 11:00:18 I library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1b 26 Feb 2019 LZO 2.09
    19700101 11:00:18 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:16
    19700101 11:00:18 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:00:23 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:00:28 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:00:28 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:00:28 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:00:28 Restart pause 5 second(s)
    19700101 11:00:33 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:00:38 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:00:43 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:00:43 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:00:43 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:00:43 Restart pause 5 second(s)
    19700101 11:00:48 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:00:53 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:00:58 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:00:58 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:00:58 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:00:58 Restart pause 5 second(s)
    19700101 11:01:03 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:01:08 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:01:13 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:01:13 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:01:13 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:01:13 Restart pause 5 second(s)
    19700101 11:01:18 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:01:23 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:01:28 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:01:28 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:01:28 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:01:28 Restart pause 10 second(s)
    19700101 11:01:38 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:01:43 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:01:48 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:01:48 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:01:48 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:01:48 Restart pause 20 second(s)
    19700101 11:02:08 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:02:13 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:02:18 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:02:18 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:02:18 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:02:18 Restart pause 40 second(s)
    19700101 11:02:58 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:03:03 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:03:08 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:03:08 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:03:08 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:03:08 Restart pause 80 second(s)
    19700101 11:04:28 W NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
    19700101 11:04:33 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:04:38 N RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: au-melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com:1198 (Try again)
    19700101 11:04:38 W Could not determine IPv4/IPv6 protocol
    19700101 11:04:38 I SIGUSR1[soft init_instance] received process restarting
    19700101 11:04:38 Restart pause 160 second(s)
    19700101 11:05:50 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:16
    19700101 11:05:50 D MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state'
    19700101 11:05:50 MANAGEMENT: Client disconnected
    19700101 11:05:50 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:16
    19700101 11:05:50 D MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state'
    19700101 11:05:50 MANAGEMENT: Client disconnected
    19700101 11:05:50 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:16
    19700101 11:05:50 D MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state'
    19700101 11:05:50 MANAGEMENT: Client disconnected
    19700101 11:05:50 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:16
    19700101 11:05:50 D MANAGEMENT: CMD 'status 2'
    19700101 11:05:50 MANAGEMENT: Client disconnected
    19700101 11:05:51 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:16
    19700101 11:05:51 D MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log 500'
    19700101 11:00:00


  • Omnibus_IVOmnibus_IV
    edited October 2019
    "Cannot resolve host address" is a DNS issue, I believe. Try pinging the host address to get an IP address. Then use that IP address instead of a host name. See if that helps.

    added: info from OpenVPN - https://bobcares.com/blog/cannot-resolve-host-address-openvpn/

  • Joey13Joey13
    Tried all of these suggestions to no avail! This is driving me bonkers!!!!!
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