After OpenVPN is Enabled - Devices Connected to my WAP Cannot Access Web Pages
Hello!
I have a Netgear RBE971 running as a WAP attached to my ER707-M2. Right now I only have one WAN. Both the TP-Link and the Negear are running the latest firmware and have been reset to defaults prior to being configured.
I am using OpenVPN for only one wired client on my network (P2P using NordVPN UDP), per the configuration shown in the attached image. The client using the VPN is wired to the ER707-M2. The DNS servers I have specified on the ER707-M2 are 1.1.1.1 & 8.8.8.8.
My problem is, when I enable the OpenVPN client on the ER707-M2, after about 1 hour, all my wireless clients (ONLY the wireless ones) lose their ability to access web pages. It appears other apps etc work on the wireless clients but using a browser does not. So, it seems the problem is related to port 80??
I can immediately fix the issue by disabling the OpenVPN client on the ER707-M2. When doing that, all the wireless clients can load web pages as expected. Another way to 'fix' the wireless clients is to have them launch a VPN software themselves.
Can anyone help me troubleshoot and come up with a work around or understand the problem?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! :)
Here is the OVPN FILE INFO:
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote 45.14.195.144 1194
resolv-retry infinite
remote-random
nobind
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun
ping 15
ping-restart 0
ping-timer-rem
reneg-sec 0
comp-lzo no
verify-x509-name CN=us9034.nordvpn.com
remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass
verb 3
pull
fast-io
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
DELETED
DELETED
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>
key-direction 1
<tls-auth>
#
# 2048 bit OpenVPN static key
#
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
DELETED
DELETED
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----
</tls-auth>
I resolved the issue with the clients connected to my WAP losing web brower access to the internet (only when my OpenVPN Client is enabled) by changing the HTTP server port that the ER707-M2 uses from 80 to 8081. So it seems like the issue might be related to the ER707-M2 and how it is implementing the OpenVPN client?
My assumption is that this is not a problem with the router.
It could be the server end. We don't have much information about the third-party VPN vendor.
Instead of using the remote IP, try the domain?
I resolved the issue with the clients connected to my WAP losing web brower access to the internet (only when my OpenVPN Client is enabled) by changing the HTTP server port that the ER707-M2 uses from 80 to 8081. So it seems like the issue might be related to the ER707-M2 and how it is implementing the OpenVPN client?