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41 minutes ago, ChalkChalkson said:

Hey guys,

I am currently trying to connect my parent's network to mine using the OpenVPN plugin on my parent's unraid server (which I want to access in the first place).

I got stuck at the point where I tried to connect my client to the server. The final readout of the client is:

 

I interpreted this as connection issue to my IP, so I checked whether my port forward works correctly.

NOTE: My parents router [CH6640E] is WEIRD.. for once it shows no IPv4, just an IPv6 on the dashboard, the other strange issue is that it only supports port forwarding to manually entered MACs.

When I used an online port checking tool it told me that neither on my IPv6 nor on my IPv4 there are open ports.

I guess the issue might be with my ISP but I am not sure

 

If anyone has an idea on what the real issue is or if someone miraculously knows a work around I'd be eternally grateful! 

Lot of ISPs are assigning IPv6 to customers and sometimes doing encapsulation. 

What port(s) have you forwarded so far? And when you test make sure the plugin is actively listening for connections.

 

Could you share a screenshot of your router's port forwarding screen? Want to look at the way the rules are.

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Just now, ChalkChalkson said:

the 192.168.0.3 since the 10.8.0/16 is the subnet of the VPN itself 

ok that's good - sometimes plugins/jails/dockers will get a new IP assigned to it so I wasn't sure if the OpenVPN plugin got a new IP assigned. Hmmmm thinking

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1 minute ago, ChalkChalkson said:

Also I'd like to revoke my "works" since nothing except the actual procedure of connecting works but I guess this is all I want at this time since connecting to a VPN via local IP is hardly what the software is meant to do

baby steps at least lol - you weren't getting beyond the handshake so you've gotten further in figuring out what's wrong

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^^ yeah I mean I did feel bloody awesome when I saw the connection happening....

 

ok but let's continue troubleshooting (networking is fun, isn't it):

 Since I can connect via local IP but not my public one the issue must lie somewhere between my ISP and the router since those are the only ones handling my public IP and since the port shows up as open in your tool I have no clue what so ever what kind of issue it might be except for mac forwarding being weird 

 

Also I think this is a good time to thank you @Mikensan for your time and effort already since at this point in time we have a success (being it small doesn't make it less of an accomplishment I guess )

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^^ yeah I mean I did feel bloody awesome when I saw the connection happening....

 

ok but let's continue troubleshooting (networking is fun, isn't it):

 Since I can connect via local IP but not my public one the issue must lie somewhere between my ISP and the router since those are the only ones handling my public IP and since the port shows up as open in your tool I have no clue what so ever what kind of issue it might be except for mac forwarding being weird 

Or maybe your cell phone company doesn't allow such tom foolery lol. Some cell phone providers are clever - just varies by country / carrier.

 

Any neighborly wifi open? lol

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Any neighborly wifi open? lol

unfortunately the only one in range (and for this I have to sit my my parent's backyard at 5 am like a creep) is WPA2, I tried to get into it some time ago but the password seems safe and it has no WPS :/

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Or maybe your cell phone company doesn't allow such tom foolery lol. Some cell phone providers are clever - just varies by country / carrier.

 

Any neighborly wifi open? lol

 Was about to also note if any coffee shops or stores with wifi nearby you could take a laptop - but I just remembered it's almost 5am for you lol. 

 

I have a love/hate for the way your modem handles NAT / port forwarding. On one hand it's smart to use a MAC since most people don't use static IP addresses - but that's not a normal behavior so there's something going on in the background - one more thing that can have a bug. I'm thinking that maybe you're functional now - just that maybe there's something with the cell provider.

 

No worries - I've been (and often am) in your shoes, treading new water.

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1 minute ago, Mikensan said:

I have a love/hate for the way your modem handles NAT / port forwarding. On one hand it's smart to use a MAC since most people don't use static IP addresses - but that's not a normal behavior so there's something going on in the background - one more thing that can have a bug. I'm thinking that maybe you're functional now - just that maybe there's something with the cell provider.

I am actually thinking of getting the old TP-Link router I use as an AP for my parent's basement up here and giving my ISPs emergency tech support hotline a call demanding to set the modem/router to bridge mode

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Ok, by now I tried three times to reply with a final comment and it never worked :D

In the other attempts I wrote an elaborate text on what @Mikensan and I did in the Teamviewer session and how I finally solved the one thing in my vpn setup that seized to work from the beginning. 

Long story short: the only thing wrong was that my isp encapsulated me with a very weird mixture of ipv4 and ipv6 a gave Vodafone a call and they set me to pure ipv4 (without encapsulation) now everything works as it should

Thanks for all the help and advice, this community rocks :)

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4 minutes ago, lorraine walsh said:

I was a user of OneVPN and have also tried others big names such as pia, but with both as you mentioned I used to have issues with dialing the server, connectivity issues like it used to drop the connection all in between suddenly while I was watching a show or downloading from a server. This used to cause me some serous trouble as I had to start all over again. Have now switched to a vpn server called purevpn and yes even it has slight dialing issue but nothing severe as like the previous ones. Have you thought of a replacement as of? 

Your scenario is a little different. You're dialing out to another 3rd party VPN server. @ChalkChalkson is creating the VPN server himself and dialing in to that.

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4 hours ago, Mikensan said:

Very cool, I'm really glad your ISP was able to do that for you. Did you get more options in the modem configuration after they did that? Such an interesting modem.

Yes, I got the "old" (ipv4) forwarding screen back so that. This way my forwarding rules are also back to IP adresses not Mac anymore 

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