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einarso's avatar
einarso
Guide
Jan 04, 2019

Strange requirement for VPN activation

Hi - I purchased Orbi mostly because of the VPN functionality.  But right now I am not able to use it!  I have a static IP address from my ISP, but it is required that I "Get dynamically from ISP".  ...
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mrmstn's avatar
mrmstn
Guide
Jan 21, 2019

I have to revert my latest answer, NETGEAR also added a check in the openvpn init.d script, which will prevent the openvpn server from starting without a ddns. heres what that check looks like:

        if [ "$($CONFIG get endis_ddns)" = "0" ] && [ "$($CONFIG get wan_proto)" != "static" ] && [ "$($CONFIG get wan_pppoe_wan_assign)" = "0" ]; then
                exit 1
        fi

I'm pretty sad that NETGEAR forces their customers to use their no-ip partner. This is a huge bumer for me

Good things is, if your a developer, you can "just" patch that check out of the firmware and flush it (... yeah, I'm not kidding - just because they had to add that check in a run script... )

The file is located under `package/dni/openvpn_dni/files/openvpn.init` and the check is on line 181

 

This is so frustrating since I'm pretty happy with the Orbi

einarso's avatar
einarso
Guide
Jan 23, 2019

Does Netgear ever officially comment in the Forum?  They should explain themselves regarding this issue.....