[arm-allstar] OpenVPN help

[Bryan St Clair]

I had openvpn on the hamvoip node, connected through 'private tunnel'.  I
think that is the issue.  They don't seem to allow incoming traffic down
the tunnel.

I am going to setup a hub for him and reverse tunnels to bypass the need
for the vpn.

Thanks for the reply.

Bryan


On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 6:51 PM "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> What OS are you running the VPN on? Do you have port forwarding set up on
> the VPN?
>
> I use Ubuntu with OVPN for a couple nodes, think I finally have the “magic
> code” figured out.
>
> Mike
>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 21:48 "Bryan St Clair via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > For those using openvpn (on a ATT connection) I have a question.
> >
> > I am helping someone who has a node on a ATT Netgear device.  It is
> online
> > and was able to make outgoing connections.   We were not able to get ATT
> to
> > allow incoming connections so we setup a openvpn connection and have it
> > running.  The new IP is registering and we are on port 4570, showing
> > correct port id on both host and client-side DNS queries.
> >
> > Problem is, I reboot the node, it starts the VPN, connects and registers.
> > Seems it take about 30 seconds before an outgoing connection can be made,
> > however, an hour later, no incoming connection can be established.
> >
> > (node numbers as example, all are public nodes)
> >
> > node 1234 can connect to 9876.
> > node 1234 is on the vpn, node 9876 is not on a vpn, different networks.
> > node 9876 can not connect 1234, gets the following messages:
> >
> > chan_iax2.c:4099 __auto_congest: Auto-congesting call due to slow
> response
> >
> > no incoming connection for any source can get into node 1234. However
> > outgoing from 1234 it seems to be fine.
> >
> > I don't use vpns often in allstar, is their any diag steps to ensure the
> > 4570 port is getting back to the node? I even tried to ssh directly to in
> > ove the vpn and get no response to the login attempt.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> > Bryan
> > K6CBR
> > bryan at k6cbr.us
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