[manchesterblack]

I have the Netgear R7000 flashed with DD-WRT v3.0-r45993 std (03/12/21). I have set up VPN and my IP is shown when it is on. The stats show the VPN as connected and should work but does not. I have tried two VPNs and the same issue occurred.
The DDWRT router is set up as an access point and following the instructions here https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point which connects to the internet but real IP is shown.
I believe the reason my IP is exposed is because it is set up as an AP however am not expert and do not see why it should not work.
My VPN is PIA.

[blkt]

OpenVPN Private Internet Access client setup for NextGen by egc

OpenVPN 2.5 by egc

OpenVPN guides and documentation by egc

Advanced Networking and stickies

[egc]

You did not show a screenshot of the OVPN/Status page (not more than 768 pixels width per forum rules!!). That can be helpful in troubleshooting

@blkt already steered you in the right direction to setup for PIA.

That should get you a good connection to PIA.

But as you have setup on a WAP only clients which have that WAP as gateway will use the VPN or if you make an unbridged VAP (radio) on the WAP. That will use the VPN by default.
Other clients will just bypass the WAP and thus bypass the VPN.

Take note setting up unbridged VAP's on a WAP need some special settings.

I will move this thread to the Advanced Networking forum.

[manchesterblack]

1. I tried the method by egc- I lost connection.
2. Logs are attached.
3. I did not quite understand this comment or what exactly to do But as you have setup on a WAP only clients which have that WAP as gateway will use the VPN or if you make an unbridged VAP (radio) on the WAP. That will use the VPN by default.
Other clients will just bypass the WAP and thus bypass the VPN.
Am not an expert so kindly give me clear direction on what to change so I can try.
I also do not understand why there are so many errors but the VPN is shown as connected.
Thank you.

[egc]

you said you tried my method, not sure what you mean by that you have to elaborate on that

On first glance I see one ERROR that is about IPv6.
You do not have IPv6 running so you can discard that.
But if you use udp4 instead of udp under Tunnel protocol it should stop trying to connect with IPv6 (there can be still some warnings left).

The router is connected but your clients do not go through the router as it is a WAP (which is acting as a switch), so they are also not going through the VPN.
Your clients use your primary router and not the WAP.

Your clients have IP settings like their IP address DNS server and gateway.
In your client you set the gateway pointing to the WAP instead of the primary router. Then your clients will start using the WAP and are pushed through the VPN.
Later If that is working and your primary router supports DNSMasq you can automate this process.

Also like I said if you make an unbridged VAP on the WAP that will also use the VPN by default.

If this sounds really complicated than you might want to consider running the VPN on your primary router or instead of setting your router up as a WAP just use it as a normal router so daisy chaining the two routers, then everything attached to that router will go through the router and thus through the VPN, of course that has other drawbacks.

Unfortunately I am tied up at this moment so I hope someone can walk you through.

[manchesterblack]

Tried what egc recommended as well as the guides for POA on here but I could not get it to work. I have also posted the logs. I would be able to use this DDWRT router as the main router but the settings required as below, am not sure where to insert them and would appreciate if someone can help with the VPN working on this router as a AP as well as where I should insert the settings below. I can then buy a modem and use it direct:

Username We use automated network authentication so there is no need for a username. You can leave this blank.
Password We use automated network authentication so there is no need for a password. You can leave this blank.
Transfer Mode/Loop Encaps PTM
VLAN ID 101
MTU 1500
DNS Set as automatic (or similar)
Priority 0
Authentication DHCP/IPoE

[manchesterblack]

@egc, you are wrong.The gateway is set to the main router which is 192.168.1.1
The ddwrt router is 192.168.1.11

[eibgrad]

As @egc suggests, if you want all or some of your LAN clients to be routed through the OpenVPN client when the router is configured as a WAP, those same clients have to be configured to have the WAP as their default gateway.

Putting that aside for the moment, it's NOT clear if you even have the OpenVPN client working. The references to IPv6 are troubling. The router is only capable of dealing w/ IPv4 when it comes to OpenVPN. For those reasons, add the following directives to the Additional Config field.

[SurprisedItWorks]

[Alozaros]

im on PIA and it works flawlessly...
egc settings work too... NextGen (lots of info there)

PIA guide is a mess....

I can expose my settings, but you have to follow the rule set...Im away from my router, but later or tomorrow ill post my set up...if you are still in troubles...
do notice im not running VPN on WAP...
last thing... do update that R7000 to a newer build, 46259 is running fine im on it at the moment...

[manchesterblack]

I managed to fixed this issue. DHCP was off and as soon as I turned it on, everything worked. I had to of course add the VPN settings which I found on different forums and with support form the provider and a recent reboot of the router, everything works fine but cheers for the support.