GL-MT6000: RTNETLINK answers: Permission denied

Routers VPN, DNS, Leaks
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Mon Sep 1 05:59:11 2025 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifdown of wgclient ()
Mon Sep 1 05:59:12 2025 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (12366): RTNETLINK answers: Permission denied

I am using the router’s feature to login and setup my Mullvad wireguard.

reboot.

hope it works. same error.

reboot.

hope it works. same error.

reboot and hope a few more times and it works. This is tiresome

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Is the Mullvad server you are trying to connect to online? Check Server

Is your Mullvad account still valid, and is the WireGuard key valid as well?

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yes, yes, yes

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This error message generally does not affect your WireGuard VPN connection — it simply means that netifd encountered an issue while restarting the WireGuard interface.

(After the first trying to connect to server, if timeout, netifd will restart the wg interface)

After the WireGuard VPN has started, could you please SSH into the router and run the following commands for further troubleshooting?
(Remember to remove or hide your private/public keys before sharing the output with us.)

# Display WireGuard status
wg show  

# Ping the IP address or domain shown in the WireGuard endpoint  
ping example.com -c 4