just set up a pivpn...

[Nineballo]

so I created an open vpn server on a raspberry pi 2 b (using pivpn) and can only connect to it using data when I try connecting to it on Wi-Fi it says "waiting for server..." then times out...

I'm not shure what is happing soo yea gonna pitch this and hope someone catches

[TheCynicalCris]

First thing. Check your firewall settings and make sure it allows connections from the outside.

[Theguywhobea]

What do you mean by "using data"? 

[Nineballo]

like mobile data, phone data, LTE?, 3G, 4G, all of that.

 

 

what exactly do I check? it can connect, but not from Wi-Fi. I connected from 20km away but I could only do it when I turned off Wi-Fi on my phone.

[TheCynicalCris]

6 minutes ago, Domi-Nate said:

what exactly do I check? it can connect, but not from Wi-Fi. I connected from 20km away but I could only do it when I turned off Wi-Fi on my phone.

Okay, chceck the OpenVPN log on the server when you're tryin to connect via WiFi. If there's nothing, we have a network/firewall problem. If there's something, we've got a server configuration problem.

 

Quick tip, use tail -f on logfile to see it update in a real time.

[Nineballo]

uhhhm where are the log files stored?

I'm gonna go dig but if you know help would be appreciated

[TheCynicalCris]

Normally in syslog on debian-like systems, but in OpenVPN configuration file you can specify 

 

log-append /var/log/openvpn.log

for example to see separate logs only from OpenVPN, not the whole system.

[Nineballo]

thx

I'm hopeless I know...:)

 

NOTE: your local LAN uses the extremely common subnet address 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x.  Be aware that this might create routing conflicts if you connect to the VPN server from public locations such as internet cafes that use the same subnet

 

il give the full thing no sense making it harder on you by crossing out ip's and ports and all that

 

 

subnet is ipv4 address right?

 

could it be a routing error?

[Theguywhobea]

Follow this guide on creating an OpenVPN server and try to change the part on your Pi server where it assigns your device an ip from 192.168.x.x to the 10.8.6.0 IP

[Nineballo]

I need the link you forget to post it!

 

thx in advance by the way!