GL-AXT1800 Wireguard not working

Technical Support for Routers
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Been trying to get my GL-AXT1800 to work with wireguard client. Ive tried 2 VPN services TorGuard and PrivateInternetAccess. They both connect, but then there is no internet connectivity. I have updated the firmware, restarted the router, and reset it. I am importing the .confg files generated from the VPN sites because im using a dedicated IP. I have tried it without the dedicated IP aswell still wont work.

Anyone have any ideas? Im about to return this thing to amazon :frowning:

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I am having the exact same problem using NordVPN and KeepSolid VPN. I’m curious how to solve it as well!

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I think i found a fix. I setup the dns manually on the router to googles public dns and then connected, now it works.

Its 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

Hopefully they fix this though

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These are the public DNS routers from Google. It is not bad, because it is working. But it is also not in any sense ‘privacy’.
Overall is it a dirty hack or a workaround. In no case I would give it the description ‘fix’.

To understand the basic issue, what was the DNS setup before?

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definitely not a fix but sign of another vulnerability in wireguard.
I reported to NordVpn and Keepsolid but they play dumb.
Switched to protonvpn and works

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I just added dnsmasq to my wireguard server, and then use that (with the wireguard-private ip address) as the dns server.

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When you have problem for Wireguard connects but not Internet, here are two troubleshoot directions:

  1. Check if the wireguard has keepalive settings. If not just add value 25. I think we forced this in 4.x but better check.
  2. Check dns settings. If the wireguard does not have DNS settings, maybe just set up a custom dns in the router. Better encrypted DNS.
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@alzhao
Where do I check that setting and how do I change it? Is there a command to use via ssh? Luci?

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In the Wireguard client section you can edit Wireguard config by items. Can you find it?

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I’m using OpenVPN by NordVPN. I looked at the config file and did not see a keepalive setting. Do I just add “keepalive 25” to it?

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Openvpn is another story.

We were talking about Wireguard.

But pls add keepalive to the openvpn as well.
For openvpn, you need to add two lines like this

   ping 10                    # Argument: interval
   ping-restart 60            # Argument: timeout