Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can

Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can

Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can
Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can
2025-04-13 18:40:05 - last edited 2025-05-15 08:50:49
Tags: #VPN
Model: Archer BE800  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.2.3 Build 20250314 rel.45415(4555)

Hello everyone,

I have a weird thing with my OpenVPN server on my router BE800.

I have the following home network at home 

 

I have a few VMs running on an KVM servers, and :
- I can reach the VMs (192.168.10.170 and 171) and everything else when i'm connected on the LAN (ping and apps)

- I can't reach VMs (170 and 171) when on the OpenVPN server on the router, everything else works.

- I can reach them with an OpenVPN server deployed on the LAN (VMs, devices, everythink works)

 

All the VMs are on the same Lan as the other devices, everything is using DHCP, no firewall.

 

The "Router" OpenVPN is working perfectly for everything directly connected on the LAN, but not for virtualised ressources.

I've deployed a similar OpenVPN instance on a Raspberry Pi connected directly on the LAN : and with this one -> Everything is working perfectly.

Both were tested on TUN mode. (TAP not supported on my mobile phone)
I've tried to mimic all the settings between the router and the "Raspberry test".

 

Would someone had an idea about the why ?

 

Thank you

 

 

 

 

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Re:Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can-Solution
2025-05-02 09:20:43 - last edited 2025-05-15 08:50:49

For anyone coming to this thread : it's not router's fault :)

I've deployed a proxmox node on a NUC in my lan, and set a few VMs behind a VirBr0 -> OpenVPN and Wireguard VPN from the router are able to reach the ressources without any issues.

So it's coming from OMV / KVM / Virbr0 implementation on my side.

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Re:Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can
2025-04-13 21:46:37

  @Lennyroquai 

 

Hi,

 

Could you please test whether you can ping 192.168.10.170 and 171 from the Advanced -> System -> Diagnostics menu of the web interface of the Archer BE800? Just to verify that the issue is indeed related to the OpenVPN server.
 

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Re:Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can
2025-04-14 06:35:26 - last edited 2025-04-14 06:36:01

  @woozle 

 

Hello

I've just try and yes : router is able to ping the two VMs without any problem

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Re:Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can
2025-04-14 09:09:00

For info : i've tested by setting up Wireguard on the router -> I get the exact same behavior (VMs not reachable from the VPN, but other devices are)

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2025-05-02 09:20:43 - last edited 2025-05-15 08:50:49

For anyone coming to this thread : it's not router's fault :)

I've deployed a proxmox node on a NUC in my lan, and set a few VMs behind a VirBr0 -> OpenVPN and Wireguard VPN from the router are able to reach the ressources without any issues.

So it's coming from OMV / KVM / Virbr0 implementation on my side.

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Re:Help : OpenVPN server on router unable to reach some ressources, but OpenVPN server on the lan can
2025-05-15 08:51:41

Hi@Lennyroquai,

Thank you for sharing your troubleshooting experience, which will be helpful to other users.

Best Regards~

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