OpenVPN server/client without WAN port connected

[Toesik]

Hi everyone, I am trying to get a OpenVPN server/client pair working between 2 AC66U.
They both don't have the WAN port connected. I've used the static route to setup a 0.0.0.0 to an internet gateway on the LAN. They can connect to each other fine.

The issue is that, whenever the routers are rebooted, the openVPN server and client services would not auto-start. I suppose it is caused by the WAN port is down.
Is there a way to make sure the OpenVPn server and the client services are started when the routers are rebooted (ignoring the down status of the WAN port)?


Toesik.

 

[RMerlin]

Make sure you enable the "Start with WAN" settings on both.

 

[Toesik]

On the server :
- there is no "start with WAN" option. I have enabled the "Server 1", however, after rebooted, it is still shown "Enabled" on the WebUI (ie green), but the service is actually down. I have to Disabled->Eanbled manually to get it working again.
- there is no log related to "openvpn" in the router start log, kind of like it is not started at all

On the client :
- since the WAN port is actually down, so the "start with WAN" option seems not working at all
- again in the router boot log, seems no entry related to "openvpn"

 

[Huberer]

I had the same problems with a second router connected to the main router via LAN-port (lan to lan connection). On the second router there is a vpn client installed and even I ticked "start with wan" it didn't work. The wan was connected to the lan ports because I made an access point with the second router. It looks that the firmware is smart enough to recognize how the wan is connected.
So I had to give up my idea (I've lost too much time to find a working solution) and connected the second router via wan to the main router (lan).
Because of your post here I googled a little bit and without two minutes I found a thread here (via google).
Maybe this post here can help you with the problem on the client side.

 

[RMerlin]

(ignoring the down status of the WAN port)?

If the WAN interface is down, then there's no point in starting either services, as they both require a WAN interface to work. A client cannot start if there's no Internet connection for it to connect to anything.

 

[Toesik]

As mentioned in the OP, there is an internet connection via the LAN, via another router (using a 0.0.0.0 static route). The VPN is already working fine , just that the services would not auto restart at the reboot time due to there is no physical WAN connection on the router. I can manually start them to make the vpn connection though. So I am looking for a way to auto-start that services for the case that the router may need to do a power cycle by someone else, hence cannot manually restart the services.

Anyone know the console command to start the openVPN client1 and server1 please ? maybe I can put them in the event script to achieve that.