Cannot administer GL.iNet router

Technical Support for Routers
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Hello! - I purchased an Opal router to use as a repeater with a VPN installed. But I am having a problem.

  • If I connect to the primary router using the WAN port, and then log into the Opal's Wifi, I cannot get to the 192.168.8.1 admin panel. I have tried resetting the router, factory resetting, and so on. I just can't get into the panel. Even though the Wifi (both GL-SFT1200-315 and GL-SFT1200-315-5G) works fine. The reason appears to be that my computer (connected to one of those Wifi connections) is using the primary router's IPv4 address.

  • If I remove the network cable to connect purely over Wifi, I can get into the 192.168.8.1 admin panel. However, I can only connect to Wifi with a "Connected, No Internet" status. And the admin panel notes that and limits what I can do. I cannot finish setting up the VPN for example, because the admin panel notes that I am not connected to the internet.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

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Access the GL GUI via the LAN (cable) or WiFi. Please check this guide:

The WAN cannot access the GL GUI, due to the WAN is facing the public Internet, so it cannot access router admin GUI from the WAN for the security.

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Thank you. This is helpful. I watched the video and made some progress. I now have the WAN cable connected to my primary modem, and I get the blue dot next to the ethernet connection on the admin panel showing that I am connected to ethernet.

However, I cannot connect to the ProtonVPN. I have the configuration file there, and it keeps trying to connect, without success. Here are the logs:

Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):    * Rule 'out_conn_mark_restore'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):    * Zone 'lan'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):    * Zone 'wan'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):    * Zone 'guest'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):    * Zone 'ovpnclient'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):  * Set tcp_ecn to off
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):  * Set tcp_syncookies to on
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):  * Set tcp_window_scaling to on
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):  * Running script '/etc/firewall.nat6'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):  * Running script '/etc/firewall.swap_wan_in_conn_mark.sh'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):  * Running script '/var/etc/gls2s.include'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):    ! Skipping due to path error: No such file or directory
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):  * Running script '/usr/bin/gl_block.sh'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051):  * Running script '/etc/firewall.vpn_server_policy.sh'
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 user.notice relay: Reloading relay due to ifup-failed of ovpnclient ()
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051): iptables: Too many links.
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051): iptables: Chain already exists.
Fri Aug 30 11:37:40 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051): Failed to parse json data: unexpected character
Fri Aug 30 11:37:41 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051): uci: Entry not found
Fri Aug 30 11:37:41 2024 daemon.notice netifd: ovpnclient (18051): cat: can't open '/tmp/run/ovpn_resolved_ip': No such file or directory

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

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May try to follow to import the WireGuard Client?
Probably the ISP may block the OpenVPN traffic if premise you configure process is right.

Export the WG profile:

Import the WG profile: