NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
CBR40 Can't access Internet through VPN
I have an Orbi CBR40 cable modem that I have configured VPN on. From my phone, I can connect to it using the OpenVPN Connect client. I can access local devices, but I can't access the internet. I h...
- Yes, that is checked. I also tried Auto, but that didn't work either.
Maybe a firewall issue?
Ok, I made some progress.
I disconnected my phone from wifi and connected it to the VPN. I then used Fing to ping 1.1.1.1. It worked!
It appears that this is a DNS issue, as trying to connect via domain names does not work. I will mess around with that for a bit to see if I can discover the issue.
Hmmm. dns.google.com and ford.com both ping from my phone over VPN.
I distinctly remember (years ago) discussing OpenVPN with people who wanted to stream videos that were restricted to their home country when they were actually in another country. Not exactly kosher, but better than robbing liquor stores.
I got it working!
I added the following to parameters to the OpenVPN Connect config file:redirect-gateway
dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8After re-adding the connection, it now works correctly!
Pfredd wrote:
I added the following to parameters to the OpenVPN Connect config file:
redirect-gateway
dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8
Wow. You found it! My smartphone ovpn file does not contain this, but it works. My guess is there is something different about the OpenVPN Client on our phones. I do not see this as a setting (parameter) and do not see a way to control the level of detail in the OpenVPN log.Internet search for redirect-gateway returns quite a bit of information.
Every time someone posts an interesting problem on the forum, I learn something new!