[SOLVED] New RT-AC86U, OpenVPN trouble ...

[Skeptical.me]

Sorry to dump this on the forum.

I've been using a RT-N66U, RT-AC87U with WRT-Merlin OpenVPN profiles without any issues.

I just received my new RT-AC86U spending 4 hours trying to get the OpenVPN profile working.

I use ExpressVPN, AirVPN, and ProtonVPN for the router and various devices. Here I'm using ExpressVPN on my new ASUS RT-AC86U.

I am able to connect to ExpressVPN but I cannot access any content at all, it can connect but nothing works. If anyone can see where I'm going wrong, I will be extremely grateful... Here are my screenshots:

"Custom Configuration"

fast-io

remote-random

pull

tls-client

verify-x509-name Server name-prefix

ns-cert-type server

route-method exe

route-delay 2

tun-mtu 1500

fragment 1300

mssfix 1450

keysize 256

sndbuf 524288

rcvbuf 524288

 

[JDB]

This thread reported similar and had some success

Can't get OpenVPN (using ExpressVPN) to run on RT-AC86U
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...ssVPN)-to-run-on-RT-AC86U.48599/&share_type=t


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[Skeptical.me]

This thread reported similar and had some success

Can't get OpenVPN (using ExpressVPN) to run on RT-AC86U
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=52425&share_tid=48599&url=https://www.snbforums.com/index.php?threads/Can't-get-OpenVPN-(using-ExpressVPN)-to-run-on-RT-AC86U.48599/&share_type=t


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For anyone seeing this post in the future to resolve this set "Compression" on the OpenVPN Profile to "Disabled" and at the end of your "Custom Configuration" (at the bottom of the OpenVPN Profile) add the following to the end:

comp-lzo no
push "comp-lzo no"

The problem was, I wasn't getting an ExpressVPN IP address, and without going into the technicalities this solved the issue. I have confirmed it on ipleak.net. Problem solved.

@JDB Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.