# Disappointed that VPN client & server cannot be active together **URL:** \ **Category:** Router\ **Created:** [May 13, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569 "2022-05-13T00:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![him](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@him](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/him)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/21 "2022-05-25T16:35:35Z")
I have encountered an issue with this beta for the flint in regards to Wireguard in the VPN Dashboard page, after I updated the server list to add addition countries from mullvad it shows the amber colour icon and the option to turn off/on and select a new server is missing, I will have to factory reset as I have no internet connectivity Here is the log: ```auto Wed May 25 17:25:18 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down Wed May 25 17:25:18 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now Wed May 25 17:25:19 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (29475): Error: any valid prefix is expected rather than "". Wed May 25 17:25:19 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (29475): Line unrecognized: `PrivateKey=' Wed May 25 17:25:19 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (29475): Configuration parsing error Wed May 25 17:25:24 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down Wed May 25 17:25:24 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now Wed May 25 17:25:25 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (29812): Error: any valid prefix is expected rather than "". Wed May 25 17:25:25 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (29812): Line unrecognized: `PrivateKey=' Wed May 25 17:25:25 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (29812): Configuration parsing error Wed May 25 17:25:30 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down Wed May 25 17:25:30 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now Wed May 25 17:25:31 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (30140): Error: any valid prefix is expected rather than "". Wed May 25 17:25:31 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (30140): Line unrecognized: `PrivateKey=' Wed May 25 17:25:31 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (30140): Configuration parsing error Wed May 25 17:25:36 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down Wed May 25 17:25:36 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now Wed May 25 17:25:37 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (30466): Error: any valid prefix is expected rather than "". Wed May 25 17:25:37 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (30466): Line unrecognized: `PrivateKey=' Wed May 25 17:25:37 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (30466): Configuration parsing error ``` ---
**Author:** ![Blobbie01](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/blobbie01/32/9200_2.png) [@Blobbie01](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/Blobbie01)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/22 "2022-05-25T17:37:31Z")
The log makes it look like there’s just an error in the config. Try selecting another config to connect to ---
**Author:** ![him](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@him](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/him)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/23 "2022-05-26T04:05:42Z")
I am unable to connect to another config. I don’t know how to force stop it. So it is stuck at “The client is starting., please wait…” ![Screenshot 2022-05-26 050445](https://forum-static.gl-inet.com/original/2X/f/f3c585856dd25d4544903926aeab3282c433bdd2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Blobbie01](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/blobbie01/32/9200_2.png) [@Blobbie01](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/Blobbie01)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/24 "2022-05-26T08:08:03Z")
Try force closing wireguard through LuCi, that might work. LuCi - System - Startup. Scroll down to the bottom and press stop on “wireguard”. ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/25 "2022-05-26T08:58:36Z")
Is the log for Mullvad? Or another config. Seems the config file is crashed in format. ---
**Author:** ![him](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@him](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/him)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/26 "2022-05-26T11:12:18Z")
There is no “wireguard” option there. I see one for openvpn but no wireguard. ---
**Author:** ![him](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@him](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/him)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/27 "2022-05-26T11:14:04Z")
Where the amber message saying “The client is starting., please wait…” is, to the right I clicked on the “view log” option. ---
**Author:** ![lord](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/lord/32/6252_2.png) [@lord](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/lord)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/28 "2022-05-28T23:55:01Z")
Do I understand correctly that you cannot turn off AX for 2.4GHz in 4.0? ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/29 "2022-05-30T10:01:25Z")
AX is hardware. It is compatible with AC. ---
**Author:** ![lord](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/lord/32/6252_2.png) [@lord](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/lord)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/31 "2022-05-30T10:06:31Z")
I mean this: ![изображение](https://forum-static.gl-inet.com/original/2X/7/799478c39fc74919ba57d2edead2e87ef107ad3d.png) This is screenshot from 3.x. But 4.x does not allow to set legacy modes without ax, so my old WiFi adapter without ac/ax cannot even discover it. It’s bug or what? ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/32 "2022-05-30T10:07:23Z")
> [@lord](#): > > so my old WiFi adapter without ac/ax cannot even discover it It should discover. Maybe just channel issue? Can you change channel? ---
**Author:** ![lord](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/lord/32/6252_2.png) [@lord](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/lord)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/33 "2022-05-30T10:12:46Z")
Have tried different, no success. I ended up with buying a new adapter. ---
**Author:** ![Blobbie01](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/blobbie01/32/9200_2.png) [@Blobbie01](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/Blobbie01)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/34 "2022-05-30T11:14:18Z")
There appears to be a bug with the Wireguard VPN status. After being connected a while (to WeVPN), the status changes to “vpn.client\_starting”. We’re still connected, and MyIP still shows the VPN IP, so does the WeVPN website, even after clearing cache & using a different browser. It appears to be just a bug with the status. Stopping the core & starting again fixes it for a little while, but after a few hours the status changes to “vpn.client\_starting” again. ---
**Author:** ![LLethur](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/llethur/32/6802_2.png) [@LLethur](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/LLethur)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/35 "2022-05-30T20:48:18Z")
There seems to be a new GL-iNet Beta build out [here](https://github.com/gl-inet/gl-infra-builder/releases/tag/v4.0.0_release2). The ax1800.tar.gz file needs to be extracted fully. Have not tested it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Blobbie01](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/blobbie01/32/9200_2.png) [@Blobbie01](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/Blobbie01)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/36 "2022-05-30T21:10:42Z")
@alzhao could you start pushing the V4 snapshot to the download center? Easier to keep an eye out there for new snapshot updates🙏 ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/37 "2022-06-01T03:41:33Z")
Pls check now [https://dl.gl-inet.com/?model=ax1800&type=beta](https://dl.gl-inet.com/?model=ax1800&type=beta) ---
**Author:** ![Blobbie01](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/blobbie01/32/9200_2.png) [@Blobbie01](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/Blobbie01)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/38 "2022-06-01T09:27:13Z")
Perfect! Thank you very much🙏 ---
**Author:** ![K3rn3l\_Ku5h](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/k3rn3l_ku5h/32/5634_2.png) [@K3rn3l\_Ku5h](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/K3rn3l_Ku5h)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/39 "2022-06-01T17:51:38Z")
Your bandwidth should be set to 20ghz for legacy devices this should allow it to discover. ---
**Author:** ![Maximilious](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/maximilious/32/6839_2.png) [@Maximilious](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/Maximilious)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/40 "2022-06-05T12:53:41Z")
Implement the fixes posted here. I just implemented these and made an account to send kudos to the poster. It works as my PiHole DNS entries are working correctly now when connected to the router. > [@Wireguard client not honoring DNS setting \[workaround discovered\]](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/wireguard-client-not-honoring-dns-setting-workaround-discovered/7542/14): > > Update: now using dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].noresolv. A followup to my previous comment. I solved the issue in /etc/init.d/wireguard by checking if Stubby is enabled and if it is, removing the entry from the dnsmasq forwarders list and setting dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].noresolv=0 to force dnsmasq to use /tmp/resolv.conf.vpn. When disconnecting from the VPN I revert the DNS forwarder value back to the default Stubby forwarding address (127.0.0.1#53535) and revert back to dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].noresolv=1 to ignore /t… ---
**Author:** ![acw210ee](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/acw210ee/32/6346_2.png) [@acw210ee](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/acw210ee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569/41 "2022-07-14T13:49:00Z")
Any update to fix the vpn policy based routing? I see there has been may updates to GL-AXT1800 Slate AX firmware but nothing for the flint in a while. [Previous page](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/disappointed-that-vpn-client-server-cannot-be-active-together/21569.md?page=3)