Gl-ar750s slate and expressvpn not working

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config from expressvpn is not working. Trying to dig in I think the error is:
Mon Apr 20 09:51:48 2020 daemon.notice openvpn[3793]: UDP link local: (not bound)
Mon Apr 20 09:51:48 2020 daemon.notice openvpn[3793]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]193.37.32.31:1195
Mon Apr 20 09:52:24 2020 daemon.err odhcp6c[11722]: Failed to send DHCPV6 message to ff02::1:2 (Permission denied)
Mon Apr 20 09:52:48 2020 daemon.err openvpn[3793]: TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Mon Apr 20 09:52:48 2020 daemon.err openvpn[3793]: TLS Error: TLS handshake failed

just using openVPN, I think everything else is off.
have tried with firmware 3.100, 3.101, 3.104

trying to also reach out to expressvpn

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it looks like your config is trying and failing to connect over ipv6 and then there is a TLS connection error with express vpn.

I don’t think that changing firmwares will change anything, you are probably wasting your time there.

Can you try different .ovpn configurations from expression to see instead?

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to add, I’m able to use the same configs on tunnelbrick on a mac without issues.

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sorry I’m still a bit of a noob on this. I’m not sure how to do that.

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the ovpn file is something like this

dev tun
fast-io
persist-key
persist-tun
nobind
remote australia-sydney-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com 1195

remote-random
pull
comp-lzo no
tls-client
verify-x509-name Server name-prefix
ns-cert-type server
key-direction 1
route-method exe
route-delay 2
tun-mtu 1500
fragment 1300
mssfix 1200
verb 3
cipher AES-256-CBC
keysize 256
auth SHA512
sndbuf 524288
rcvbuf 524288
auth-user-pass

...
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go to express VPN and download a different open VPN config - it should come as a .ovpn file.

I’m not familiar with this vpn service, but mine offers different configuration files for specific servers or particular countries.

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I would try a configuration from expression VPN that singles out a particular server. Your new config should then have an IP address isntead of:

remote australia-sydney-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com 1195

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I found the issue. It looks likes the main router’s firewall was blocking ports from certain IP ranges. all good now. thanks man

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