New RT-AC86U starting from scratch

[loady]

I've reset it a few times now and it's the same, wondering if I'm performing a soft reset

 

[L&LD]

@loady, you may want to compare your reset process with the one in my signature below (M&M Config).

If there is no change, the 'Nuclear Reset' may be the way to go then.

 

[Val D.]

says its connected and has WAN ip from isp router but no pages will load

Make sure the power line adapters, if you still use them, are not the source of your troubles. Those things may lose the connection if your wife turns on a hair drier or a vacuum cleaner, or you adjust a triac dimmer with a higher load, etc. Most of those household devices are cheaply made and generate enormous amount of noise on power lines.

 

[loady]

They must be ok if I can access the ISP routers GUI from the Asus, I just got internet

 

[loady]

@loady, you may want to compare your reset process with the one in my signature below (M&M Config).

If there is no change, the 'Nuclear Reset' may be the way to go then.

Hmmm ..can't see your sig, maybe because I'm viewing on my phone ?

 

[L&LD]

@loady,if you're using your phone, try holding it sideways (landscape mode) to see signatures.

 

[loady]

Yep, got it from your profile page.

I have just discovered, that it is the LAN ports on the asus that are not getting any internet, connect to its wifi and its fine, i can see my dektop wired it and can see the lan port move if i change it so i dont know whatsa blocking them ?

 

[Val D.]

They must be ok if I can access the ISP routers GUI from the Asus

Random disconnects and reconnects may happen multiple times a day. You may not see this happening just browsing web pages or GUI of a router, but your VPN is much more sensitive and won't be happy. Using power line adapters as connection between the two routers is asking for trouble. I believe this troubleshooting multiple issues thread will be going on for many days and pages. You know better though, this is your setup.

 

[loady]

Random disconnects and reconnects may happen multiple times a day. You may not see this happening just browsing web pages or GUI of a router, but your VPN is much more sensitive and won't be happy. Using power line adapters as connection between the two routers is asking for trouble. I believe this troubleshooting multiple issues thread will be going on for many days and pages. You know better though, this is your setup.

Clearly you have issues with power lines, i can honestly say i have none whatsoever, there are two people living here including myself and not a lot going on, i have not experienced ANY drop outs at all so i am happy with my setup in that respect.

Annnyyyyway. Solved the issue with the lan ports not working, it seems that something had turned on 'use proxy server' in both my browsers, turned it off now and alls well and speeds are excellent

 

[loady]

Merlin implemented double-NAT support for DDNS long time ago, so whats the problem, did you test it with correct settings?

someone on my isp community forum says i have a double NAT situation, they cant really help me much as its not the ISP provided router.

I got internet activity back, seems that something turned on proxy server on my browsers, i disabled it and can use the LAN ports again.

DDNS is setup and i have ovpn server setup and exported the ovpn file and imported into my client devices, currently i cant connect to the server from outside, i beleive its a port forward issue to the isp router ? but not sure as i can browse the isp router from the asus router but not the other way round

 

[loady]

someone also mentioned about putting the asus into DMZ, not sure what it is but would it work ?

 

[Val D.]

Clearly you have issues with power lines

I don't use power line adapters. I know what's inside though, now it works and what weaknesses the technology has.

 

[loady]

I don't use power line adapters. I know what's inside though, now it works and what weaknesses the technology has.

My upstream is 37 Mbps and down is 10, so plenty of head room, I'd rather not use power lines, untill I can can run a cable I'm stuck with it. It worked well as a repeater but no ovpn in repeater mode and I can't put DD-wrt on this ac86.

Any suggestions what will be easy to solve my problem.

I can't browse Asus router/Lan while connected to ISP router and openvpn not connecting

 

[PolarBear]

DDNS is setup and i have ovpn server setup and exported the ovpn file and imported into my client devices, currently i cant connect to the server from outside, i beleive its a port forward issue to the isp router ? but not sure as i can browse the isp router from the asus router but not the other way round

Check the client.ovpn file you imported into the client devices. The line starting "remote" should be your domain name, not IP address.

 

[loady]

Check the client.ovpn file you imported into the client devices. The line starting "remote" should be your domain name, not IP address.

It is...

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote warpserver.servebeer.com 1194
float
ncp-ciphers AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:AES-256-CBC:AES-128-CBC
cipher AES-128-CBC
keepalive 15 60
remote-cert-tls server

 

[loady]

Ok....so what if i set the isp routers LAN to 192.168.11.1 and asus to 192.168.11.2 will this resolve the issues ?.

Im not really getting anywhere here because i dont understand, i am just trying to make it easier so i can get it working.

IF i could get the isp router into bridge mode and hang the ac68u off it directly, (the wifi range is good enough on asus to be able to use a mobile device upstairs), i have a GB switch, could i use this to get LAN ports upstairs and be able to remote VPN into it and WOL my server

 

[PolarBear]

It is...

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote warpserver.servebeer.com 1194
float
ncp-ciphers AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:AES-256-CBC:AES-128-CBC
cipher AES-128-CBC
keepalive 15 60
remote-cert-tls server

I am not an expert in configuration files, but that looks reasonable. Warpserver stands for the domain name you registered, and servebeer.com for the name of your DDNS provider?

So the problem is probably somewhere else.

If I understood your previous posts, you can't switch the ISP's modem-router to bridge mode ? So now you have a double NAT situation.

If so, you need to set up port forwarding on your ISP's router as follows:

1. log onto your Asus router and make sure that the WAN/DDNS screen is set to "External". This notifies your DDNS provider of the public IP address you have been allocated by your ISP, *not* the intermediate IP address which your ISP's router has allocated to your Asus.

2. find out the MAC address of the WAN port of your Asus router.

3. log onto your ISP's router and make sure it always gives the same IP address to the WAN MAC of your Asus router, as noted above.

4. On the ISP's router, go to the Port Forwarding selection screen (I assume it has this functionality) and forward any incoming traffic on port 1194, to port 1194 of the IP address you fixed for your Asus router's WAN, in the step above.

The standard port used for OpenVPN is 1194. (If you change it later to anything else, you should use that port number instead.)

The above should set up port forwarding.

It should work as follows:

When you log on remotely, OpenVPN on your laptop will query your DDNS provider's server (servebeer.com), to find out the public IP address currently allocated to you by your ISP.

OpenVPN will then access the device (your ISP's modem-router) at this IP address, using port 1194.

Your ISP's modem-router will then forward your traffic on port 1194 to the Asus router upstairs. And your Asus router will start an OpenVPN connection and you should be able to access your network devices behind the Asus router.

If it still doesn't work, the problem must lie elsewhere.

 

[loady]

I am not an expert in configuration files, but that looks reasonable. Warpserver stands for the domain name you registered, and servebeer.com for the name of your DDNS provider?

So the problem is probably somewhere else.

If I understood your previous posts, you can't switch the ISP's modem-router to bridge mode ? So now you have a double NAT situation.

If so, you need to set up port forwarding on your ISP's router as follows:

1. log onto your Asus router and make sure that the WAN/DDNS screen is set to "External". This notifies your DDNS provider of the public IP address you have been allocated by your ISP, *not* the intermediate IP address which your ISP's router has allocated to your Asus.

2. find out the MAC address of the WAN port of your Asus router.

3. log onto your ISP's router and make sure it always gives the same IP address to the WAN MAC of your Asus router, as noted above.

4. On the ISP's router, go to the Port Forwarding selection screen (I assume it has this functionality) and forward any incoming traffic on port 1194, to port 1194 of the IP address you fixed for your Asus router's WAN, in the step above.

The standard port used for OpenVPN is 1194. (If you change it later to anything else, you should use that port number instead.)

The above should set up port forwarding.

It should work as follows:

When you log on remotely, OpenVPN on your laptop will query your DDNS provider's server (servebeer.com), to find out the public IP address currently allocated to you by your ISP.

OpenVPN will then access the device (your ISP's modem-router) at this IP address, using port 1194.

Your ISP's modem-router will then forward your traffic on port 1194 to the Asus router upstairs. And your Asus router will start an OpenVPN connection and you should be able to access your network devices behind the Asus router.

If it still doesn't work, the problem must lie elsewhere.

Cool, that worked for ovpn connecting remotley, thanks. Now i am back to the bottle necking of the speed, severely reduced, this was working correctly when going through the same process on the N66U, i bought this router because its supposed to be a lot faster for this.

 

[L&LD]

My upstream is 37 Mbps and down is 10, so plenty of head room, I'd rather not use power lines, untill I can can run a cable I'm stuck with it. It worked well as a repeater but no ovpn in repeater mode and I can't put DD-wrt on this ac86.

Any suggestions what will be easy to solve my problem.

I can't browse Asus router/Lan while connected to ISP router and openvpn not connecting

Do you really have 37Mbps upload and 10Mbps download? What speeds are you getting when connected via OpenVPN?

 

[loady]

Do you really have 37Mbps upload and 10Mbps download? What speeds are you getting when connected via OpenVPN?

Sorry, wrong way round, 37 down 10 up, bare in mind, remotley i am using my mobile so it is about 20mbs download..but the dektop wired to the asus is getting top speeds flat out.

To be honest, im tiring of this, if i can get the bottleneck resolved again, i can live without being able to browse the asus router from the ISP router, i can just switch wifi networks. I think people are getting frustrated with me as i dont fully understand, what to them, are simple things.

So, heres without VPN connected and next to that is with it connected...