OpenVPN Client doesn't even attempt to connect to server

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 20:29    Post subject: OpenVPN Client doesn't even attempt to connect to server Reply with quote
Apologies in advance if I'm just being stupid.... I've used DD-WRT for 10 years, but trying to do something new and I'm totally baffled after many days of trying to figure this out myself.

The short of it is that OpenVPN client doesn't even seem to attempt to connect to the VPN server.

I have 2 locations, and I'm trying to setup Location A (REMOTE) to use OpenVPN to connect to Location B (HOME) via a dedicated VPN_SSID. Then I'll connect devices like Roku to that VPN_SSID. I have an old router (WRT54GL) at REMOTE and connected it's WAN port to a Comcast XB3 ethernet port and setup the WRT as an AP with its own subnet. Then attempting to setup OpenVPN client on iy.

VPN Server:
rPI2 set up via PiVPN, fresh build <-- my PC & phone connect to it just fine

Client HW:
Code:
Linksys WRT54GL v1.1
DD-WRT 3.0-r44715 (chosen via router database)
connected to Comcast XB3 via ethernet cable


Client Config:
Code:
ca /tmp/openvpncl/ca.crt
cert /tmp/openvpncl/client.crt
key /tmp/openvpncl/client.key
management 127.0.0.1 16
management-log-cache 100
verb 3
mute 3
syslog
writepid /var/run/openvpncl.pid
client
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
script-security 2
dev tun1
proto udp4
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth sha256
data-ciphers AES-256-CBC:AES-192-CBC:AES-128-CBC
auth-user-pass /tmp/openvpncl/credentials
remote xx.xx.xx.xx 1194
tun-mtu 1500
mtu-disc yes
remote-cert-tls server
fast-io
tls-crypt /tmp/openvpncl/ta.key
route-up /tmp/openvpncl/route-up.sh
route-pre-down /tmp/openvpncl/route-down.sh
verb 4
tls-version-min 1.2
verify-x509-name raspberrypi_xxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-692a2c2ccb52 name
auth SHA256
auth-nocache


Client Log: (from reboot)
Code:
Dec 31 19:00:02 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT syslog.info syslogd started: BusyBox v1.32.0
Dec 31 19:00:02 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: resetbutton : resetbutton daemon successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:04 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: bridge : bridge br0 successfully added
Dec 31 19:00:04 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: bridge : interface vlan0 successfully added to bridge br0
Dec 31 19:00:05 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: bridge : interface eth1 successfully added to bridge br0
Dec 31 19:00:05 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: syslogd : syslog daemon successfully stopped
Dec 31 19:00:05 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: telnetd : daemon successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:05 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT syslog.info syslogd exiting
Dec 31 19:00:06 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT syslog.info syslogd started: BusyBox v1.32.0
Dec 31 19:00:06 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: wland : daemon successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: openvpn : OpenVPN daemon (Client) starting/restarting...
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: cron : daemon successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT cron.info cron[180]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: started, version 2.82 cachesize 1500
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-UBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP no-DHCPv6 no-Lua no-TFTP no-conntrack no-ipset no-auth no-DNSSEC loop-detect no-inotify no-dumpfile
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[183]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.xx.100 -- 192.168.xx.149, lease time 1d
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain test
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain onion
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain localhost
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain local
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain invalid
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain bind
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: dnsmasq : daemon successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: reading /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain test
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain onion
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain localhost
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain local
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain invalid
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using only locally-known addresses for domain bind
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using nameserver 1.1.1.1#53
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: using nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
Dec 31 19:00:07 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Dec 31 19:00:09 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info httpd[190]: httpd : httpd server started at port 80
Dec 31 19:00:09 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: httpd : http daemon successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.warn openvpn[182]: WARNING: Using --management on a TCP port WITHOUT passwords is STRONGLY discouraged and considered insecure
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.warn openvpn[182]: WARNING: file '/tmp/openvpncl/client.key' is group or others accessible
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.warn openvpn[182]: WARNING: file '/tmp/openvpncl/credentials' is group or others accessible
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[182]: Current Parameter Settings:
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[182]:   config = '/tmp/openvpncl/openvpn.conf'
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[182]:   mode = 0
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[182]: NOTE: --mute triggered...
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[182]: 232 variation(s) on previous 3 message(s) suppressed by --mute
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[182]: OpenVPN 2.5.0 mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Nov  3 2020
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[182]: library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1h  22 Sep 2020, LZO 2.09
Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[223]: MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:16Dec 31 19:00:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.warn openvpn[223]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Dec 31 19:00:14 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: nas : wait for network init
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: dnsmasq : daemon successfully stopped
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[183]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: started, version 2.82 cachesize 1500
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-UBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP no-DHCPv6 no-Lua no-TFTP no-conntrack no-ipset no-auth no-DNSSEC loop-detect no-inotify no-dumpfile
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[286]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.xx.100 -- 192.168.xx.149, lease time 1d
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain test
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: dnsmasq : daemon successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: wland : daemon successfully stopped
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain onion
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain localhost
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain local
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain invalid
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain bind
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: reading /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain test
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain onion
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain localhost
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain local
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain invalid
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using only locally-known addresses for domain bind
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using nameserver 1.1.1.1#53
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: using nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq[286]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: wland : daemon successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: wan : WAN is up. IP: 192.168.211.157
Dec 31 19:00:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: openvpn : OpenVPN daemon (Client) successfully stopped
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: openvpn : OpenVPN daemon (Client) hanging, send SIGKILL
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: openvpn : OpenVPN daemon (Client) starting/restarting...
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.warn openvpn[295]: WARNING: Using --management on a TCP port WITHOUT passwords is STRONGLY discouraged and considered insecure
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.warn openvpn[295]: WARNING: file '/tmp/openvpncl/client.key' is group or others accessible
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.warn openvpn[295]: WARNING: file '/tmp/openvpncl/credentials' is group or others accessible
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[295]: Current Parameter Settings:
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[295]:   config = '/tmp/openvpncl/openvpn.conf'
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[295]:   mode = 0
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[295]: NOTE: --mute triggered...
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[295]: 232 variation(s) on previous 3 message(s) suppressed by --mute
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[295]: OpenVPN 2.5.0 mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Nov  3 2020
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[295]: library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1h  22 Sep 2020, LZO 2.09
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.notice openvpn[296]: MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:16
Dec 31 19:00:20 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.warn openvpn[296]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Dec 31 19:00:22 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: vpn modules : vpn modules successfully unloaded
Dec 31 19:00:22 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: vpn modules : nf_conntrack_proto_gre successfully loaded
Dec 31 19:00:22 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: vpn modules : nf_nat_proto_gre successfully loaded
Dec 31 19:00:22 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: vpn modules : nf_conntrack_pptp successfully loaded
Dec 31 19:00:22 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: vpn modules : nf_nat_pptp successfully loaded
Dec 31 19:00:23 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: process_monitor : successfully started
Dec 31 19:00:23 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.debug ntpclient[377]: Connecting to time.nist.gov [132.163.96.6] ...
Nov 16 14:57:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info ntpclient[377]: Time set from time.nist.gov [132.163.96.6].
Nov 16 14:57:11 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info process_monitor[375]: cyclic NTP Update success (servers time.nist.gov)
Nov 16 14:57:12 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: nas : start nas lan
Nov 16 14:57:12 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: nas : start nas for wl0
Nov 16 14:57:12 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: nas : NAS lan (wl0 interface) successfully started
Nov 16 14:57:13 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: nas : daemon successfully stopped
Nov 16 14:57:13 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: nas : start nas lan
Nov 16 14:57:14 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: nas : start nas for wl0
Nov 16 14:57:14 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: nas : NAS lan (wl0 interface) successfully started
Nov 16 14:57:14 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: httpd : daemon successfully stopped
Nov 16 14:57:14 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info httpd[207]: httpd : httpd server shutdown
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.debug process_monitor[375]: Restarting cron (time sync change)
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: cron : daemon successfully stopped
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info httpd[438]: httpd : httpd server started at port 80
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: httpd : http daemon successfully started
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: resetbutton : daemon successfully stopped
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: cron : daemon successfully started
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: resetbutton : resetbutton daemon successfully started
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT cron.info cron[461]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)
Nov 16 14:57:15 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.debug syslog: ttraff: data collection started
Nov 16 14:57:16 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: process_monitor : daemon successfully stopped
Nov 16 14:57:16 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info process_monitor[375]: process_monitor : cleanup timers
Nov 16 14:57:16 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT user.info syslog: process_monitor : successfully started
Nov 16 14:57:16 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.debug process_monitor[471]: We need to re-update after 3600 seconds
Nov 16 14:57:16 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info process_monitor[471]: process_monitor : set timer: 3600 seconds, callback: ntp_main()
Nov 16 15:02:24 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[286]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.xx.134 48:89:e7:83:55:ea
Nov 16 15:02:24 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[286]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.xx.134 48:89:e7:83:55:ea HPSpectre
Nov 16 15:03:17 DD-WRT-VPN-CLIENT auth.info login[531]: root login on 'pts/0'


Server Log:
<blank on purpose - there's nothing logged for this attempt>

It seems to me that the client is starting, and then stops/hangs with no message indicating why. I'm sure I have other config issues with TLS, certs and such, but it never even tries to connect to the VPN server.

Any help is much appreciated!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 21:04    Post subject: Reply with quote
You're using an unsupported release from the router database which probably has an old, deprectated version of openvpn included.

https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_WRT54GL

Current release is 50841:

https://ftp.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2022/11-09-2022-r50841/broadcom/

The router database does not have current information. New releases can be found here:

https://ftp.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/

https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/

OpenVPN guides are contained in a sticky in Advanced Networking:

OpenVPN guides and documentation

Minimal effort does not result in maximum results.

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eDad2003
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 21:25    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the reply.

I will go back through those docs (again). I screwed something up and bricked another WRT54G trying to flash it this week, so was gun shy to go to a "beta" when this site directed to me the release I am using. I guess I focus on properly doing that upgrade to a beta release.

Trust me, there's been plenty of effort before reaching out. Sometimes there's too much info to absorb when you're not sure what you are looking for.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 21:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
It is quite possible OpenVPN is broken on these old K 2.4 routers.
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eDad2003
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 21:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have the suspicion you are correct. But I'll try one more time to (carefully) upgrade to the latest beta firmware before throwing in the towel and buying a newer router.

Thanks for replying.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 22:20    Post subject: Reply with quote
eDad2003 wrote:
I have the suspicion you are correct. But I'll try one more time to (carefully) upgrade to the latest beta firmware before throwing in the towel and buying a newer router.

Thanks for replying.


At the year 2022 WRT54 is everything, but not a good router..it used to be, but long time ago...when routers ware just learning how to walk...nowadays, modern routers have more CPU power and better architectures...
For VPN you'd need dual core CPU router ...like R6400, R7000, R7800 or R9000 Netgears...(power is mentioned gradually)... Razz

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eDad2003
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 22:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks. I've been reviewing this thread, with great advice from @ecg, basically telling me "even if you get it to work, it will suck". https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=326580&highlight=wrt54g+openvpn. You'll notice I have an rPI2 on the server end. So far, when using the VPN client on my PC, I haven't seen the rPI CPU above 25%.

The end goal is to get a Roku working through it, so I don't have to deal with the future "household" rules coming - and doing it while proving to the spouse that it really was a good idea to never throw out anything. Plus, I'm learning a ton Very Happy

Thanks for the advice and those recommendations!
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