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firmware V1.0.4.28 On the phone with support troubleshooting vpn connection timeout from multiple locations, has not worked before. I have my own website and i have an A record through 1and1 pointin...
More proof that a dynamic dns service is not needed and the vpn service being enabled should not be tied together
- I've changed the password and ip address set up in no-ip, so the router cannot connect to no-ip, and if it was able to it would be using the wrong public ip. dyanmic dns is still enabled but the connection information for no-ip is invalid
- I used the ovpn profile that i exported without dynamic dns enabled in the router, i edited the ip in the profile to be my domain with the A record pointing to my IP
- i imported this profile on my phone and was able to connect
I then disabled the dynamic dns service in the router, it also disabled the vpn service(this should not happen as these two should not be tied together. this dropped my connection on my phone. i reenabled both vpn service and dynamic dns service(which still has bad connection information in it to no-ip) and was able to connect with my ovpn profile that points to my domain name hosted on 1and1. This is a workaround for not using a ddns service but a horrid pain in the ass to workaround something that could be fixed in the firmware. Also bandwidth seemed to be pretty limited while on the vpn 20down/6up (cell throughput not on the vpn was higher than what i was getting while on the vpn and my total isp bandwidth the router is connected to is much higher), but thats a different issue that ill log eventually.