Hi,
I have setup a mini fanless PC with openwrt "generic-ext4-combined-efi.img.gz"
I have a lard m.2 storage (I know is over kill but it was for an other project).
The installation went perfect. I expanded the file system to cover the all disk and all goes fine.
I Live in NL and I have ODIDO fiber 1gb. So I have to use a vlan300 to connect to my ISP.
All good. Connection goes perfect.
Here comes the issue:
Background:
At the moment I use a home router turned into openwrt. I want to have all my home lab and users to exit via the VPN (I use PIA).
In this home router it works well.
Issue:
In the 'new' x86-64 mini pc, when setting PIA VPN and activating it, I completely loose internet.
I followed the instruction correctly as far as I can tell.
So the question is if the x86-64 openwrt FW has special things to look at.
If someone here has more experience, I would like to have some help please.
I am expecting this mini pc to be more robust, it has a 2.5gbe lan ports and a better processor to handle the VPN load requests that in turn I expect better speed when on VPN. I read those home router have problems performance when on openvpn.
Thank you
if you clients aren't directly connected to your router via ethernet port or wifi, they won't notice any WAN access config changes, until you force them to reconnect.
tip of the day: consider switching to wireguard, read Private Internet Access (pia) wireguard VPN on OpenWrt.
I am testing the new router connecting directly (and only me) to the router via cable on one of the available LAN ports. I set all ports on Lan-br for now so to make sure I dont mistake the port that I use.
I also rebooted the router and made sure I pick up the correct IP on my Laptop.
Nevertheless, I am not sure what you mean with force to reconnect.
In the situation I am now (old router) my VPN can be changed from a country to an other. Therefore there is a disconnection from internet for everyone and back up again when starting a new profile with new country. This happen without any client has to do anything and they simply are reconnected with the new exit point.
Can you explain more what you mean with disconnecting clients?And what would be different from what I do now with the old router?
Thanks
So, here is an update:
the issue was just the DNS server.
During the openvpn configuration (https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/guides/routers/lede/lede-21-02-3-openvpn-setup-from-config-file)
The DNS is defined in the configuration. I did not think I had to also add it to Luci.
So I added my PIA DNS under Interfaces » lan advanced settings "Use custom DNS servers".
At that point all worked well.
HOWEVER, my home lab is set differently. I have a rasberry pi that does my DNS with Pi Hole. There I set my PIA DNS so I first block all unwanted ads.
So it works in my "old temporarily router".
To do this and make sure that all clients will be advertised of the new DNS address, I have to set the IP under: Interfaces » lan > DHCP Server > advanced Settings DHCP-Options: 6192.168.x.x (that is my Pi Hole address).
However, for I dont know what reason, when using it, I am again cut off the internet. It seems the system dont understand the new DNS as the older router.
I rebooted everything (also PiHole) but I have no joy yet!
Will update later when I have news.
If anyone has some ideas, please, send them over.
thank you