'Cosmetic' OpenVPN client bug: VPN's public IP not updated after changing VPN server (in 384.19 / 386.1)

[Intrepid2007]

I noticed this 'issue' when I changed the VPN server.. It's not a 'game-stopper' but I thought it is still worth mentioning.

When an active VPN client connection is stopped, the VPN server address is changed and the connection is started again, the VPN's public IP address is not updated.


The detected public IP-address doesn't change in these screens:

In the OpenVPN client settings:

In the OpenVPN client overview screen:

What did I do to reproduce this?

1. Stopping the active VPN connection by switching the 'Service state' to OFF
2. Change the VPN server address (other server)
3. Starting the active VPN connection by switching the 'Service state' to ON

When the VPN connection is established, the public IP address remains the same.
Only after a reboot of the router, the correct public IP address is shown finally.

I noticed this in both firmware versions 384.19 and 386.1 alpha 2.

I remember that in older firmware versions this worked correctly...

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Same issue for me on 384.19 on the 86U... it's been like that for a while, and don't trust the output. I typically just head over to https://www.iplocation.net/ to see what I am and where I'm at.

 

[RMerlin]

What does the following command returns?

/usr/sbin/ministun -t 5000 -c 1 -i tun11 stun.l.google.com:19302

(replace tun11 by tun12, 13, 14 or 15 if you are not using VPN CLient 1).

 

[Intrepid2007]

This is the reply (this IP should be shown in GUI instead of the one shown in the screenshots):

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xxxxxx@RT-AX88U-B230:/tmp/home/root# /usr/sbin/ministun -t 5000 -c 1 -i tun11 stun.l.google.com:19302

45.86.200.29

xxxxxx@RT-AX88U-B230:/tmp/home/root#
--------------

What does the following command returns?

/usr/sbin/ministun -t 5000 -c 1 -i tun11 stun.l.google.com:19302

(replace tun11 by tun12, 13, 14 or 15 if you are not using VPN CLient 1).

 

[RMerlin]

This is the reply (IP is correct, should be shown in GUI):

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xxxxxx@RT-AX88U-B230:/tmp/home/root# /usr/sbin/ministun -t 5000 -c 1 -i tun11
stun.l.google.com:19302

45.86.200.29

xxxxxx@RT-AX88U-B230:/tmp/home/root#
--------------

Thanks, might be that the nvram content doesn't always get refreshed after a disconnect/reconnect then.

 

[RMerlin]

Fixed.

 

[Intrepid2007]

That was found and fixed very fast

Great, thanks!

Fixed.