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13 Oct 2023 10:11 #102922 by colinjmair
Is 'Change Default Route to this VPN tunnel' ticked ?
If not does ticking it make any difference ?

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15 Oct 2023 14:04 #102929 by garethrees
No, I turned off the Dual Wan enabled default routing and not traffic is transmitted back from ExpressVPN, I can see the Requests go our but no response. Which is the same as when I create a default load balance rule to use the Express VPN route.

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17 Oct 2023 08:16 #102933 by garethrees
Looking at the logs it connects to ExpressVPN does seem to be given a gateway and then drops every three mins and repeats.

VPN Type Remote IP Virtual Network Tx Pkts Tx Rate(bps) Rx Pkts Rx Rate(bps) UpTime
( my_expressvpn_uk_-_london_udp.ovpn ) OpenVPN AES256-GCM-No Auth 5.157.128.8 via WAN1 0.0.0.0/24 3 200 0 0 00:00:08

2023/10/17 08:06:14 -- PPP Drop VPN : L2L Dial-out, Profile index = 3, Name = my_expressvpn_uk_-_london_udp.ovpn, ifno = 19
2023/10/17 08:03:18 -- PPP Drop VPN : L2L Dial-out, Profile index = 3, Name = my_expressvpn_uk_-_london_udp.ovpn, ifno = 19
2023/10/17 08:00:24 -- PPP Drop VPN : L2L Dial-out, Profile index = 3, Name = my_expressvpn_uk_-_london_udp.ovpn, ifno = 19

Something at the ExpressVPN end it not liking the connection. In fact it seems that ExpressVPN are actively blocking the connection.

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17 Oct 2023 10:13 #102934 by colinjmair
I take it you can make a successful openvpn connection from a computer on your lan ok and it doesn't drop that connection ?

Colin

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17 Oct 2023 10:19 #102935 by garethrees

colinjmair wrote:
I take it you can make a successful openvpn connection from a computer on your lan ok and it doesn't drop that connection ?

Colin



Correct same .ovpn file too.

Curious if the other router implementations have a way to say how many devices are behind it, I have quite a few behind mine for example i.e. on the local lan devices.

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