Hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to read this.
First, on my MT1300.
I try to use my conf file from my VPN provider to utilize wireguard. It just hangs and wont connect. Below is a summary from chatGPT of everything I tried.
I was trying to set up WireGuard on my router, but it wouldn't connect. The logs kept showing errors like REKEY-GIVEUP, and DNS traffic was being blocked by a rule called block_dns_manual. After removing the block, the connection still wouldn’t work, and I saw the interface kept going up and down. I checked the config, saw wgclient was marked as disabled, so I deleted that line, but it kept coming back after firewall restarts. Despite the config looking clean, it felt like something was automatically disabling it or overwriting my changes, and WireGuard still wouldn’t establish the VPN connection.
Then on AXT1800 I just ordered, the same thing happens. It hangs and the log says
Tue Apr 22 12:15:51 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down
Tue Apr 22 12:15:52 2025 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifdown of wgclient ()
Tue Apr 22 12:22:42 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now
ChatGPT told me to inspect my config/network, and find wgclient, and it was this:
config interface 'wgclient'
option proto 'wgclient'
option config 'peer_2135'
option disabled '1'
and it said change my config to this:
config interface 'wgclient'
option proto 'wireguard'
option private_key (VPN Key)='
option listen_port '54375'
list addresses 'redacted
config wireguard_wgclient
option public_key '(redacted)
option endpoint_host redacted
option endpoint_port '1443'
option persistent_keepalive '25'
list allowed_ips '0.0.0.0/0'
It bricked it,
So trying once again, same thing...
daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now
hangs there.
Ordered a whole new router... a slate. same thing.. Im at my wits end. Mentally.
Please help?
Thanks everyone.