Hello! I have a SIM card with a data plan, I inserted it into an Android phone, connected the phone via USB to my Asus RT-AX53U and then hoped to connect the final device to the router while enjoying the router's built-in VPN client -- but it's not working unfortunately. I'm currently travelling and am in a new location with no Internet to rely on other than the SIM card.
At home my setup is the same except for my internet originates not from a USB-tethered phone, rather another "mother" router connected to my ASUS with a wired connection.
So to my surprise, in this new setup with the phone, the router's VPN client connection does not activate. After I hit Activate, the ball keeps rolling in the Connection Status window then resulting in a big fat X (where there's the "-" in the screenshot)
I remember that back home, after setting up the VPN client on the router, I think I had to go into the WAN section and disable automatic DNS and enter the DNS provided by my VPN provider. But! When a phone is tethered to the router via USB, there is no option to change DNS setting. That option is available only when the WAN type is set to WAN, it is not available when set to USB.
So in the end I cannot enjoy the router's VPN protection.
Could anyone possibly help figure this out? I so so need this to work.
Some things to consider that make it all a bit complicated:
--unfortunately there's no way to install the VPN on the final device. So it needs to be installed upstream. I tried to install the VPN on the phone, both through Strong Swan and OpenVPN Connect but the VPN connection refuses to activate -- now that I typed this, I wonder if the issue could be with the cell phone service provider... Any thoughts? Any ideas? Thank you so much for your support!
--I also have a spare laptop with me. Can it be used to help the situation? Maybe I could first receive the SIM card's Internet via the laptop's WIFI, then pass it on to the ASUS router via a wired connection -- in which case I will be able to set the router to the regular WAN with adjustable DNS?
I am so confused. My head is about to explode. A fresh perspective in laymen's terms would be so much appreciated. I'm a dummy in this.
At home my setup is the same except for my internet originates not from a USB-tethered phone, rather another "mother" router connected to my ASUS with a wired connection.
So to my surprise, in this new setup with the phone, the router's VPN client connection does not activate. After I hit Activate, the ball keeps rolling in the Connection Status window then resulting in a big fat X (where there's the "-" in the screenshot)
I remember that back home, after setting up the VPN client on the router, I think I had to go into the WAN section and disable automatic DNS and enter the DNS provided by my VPN provider. But! When a phone is tethered to the router via USB, there is no option to change DNS setting. That option is available only when the WAN type is set to WAN, it is not available when set to USB.
So in the end I cannot enjoy the router's VPN protection.
Could anyone possibly help figure this out? I so so need this to work.
Some things to consider that make it all a bit complicated:
--unfortunately there's no way to install the VPN on the final device. So it needs to be installed upstream. I tried to install the VPN on the phone, both through Strong Swan and OpenVPN Connect but the VPN connection refuses to activate -- now that I typed this, I wonder if the issue could be with the cell phone service provider... Any thoughts? Any ideas? Thank you so much for your support!
--I also have a spare laptop with me. Can it be used to help the situation? Maybe I could first receive the SIM card's Internet via the laptop's WIFI, then pass it on to the ASUS router via a wired connection -- in which case I will be able to set the router to the regular WAN with adjustable DNS?
I am so confused. My head is about to explode. A fresh perspective in laymen's terms would be so much appreciated. I'm a dummy in this.