# Openvpn connection issue

**URL:** <https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/openvpn-connection-issue/2404>\
**Category:** Router\
**Created:** [October 22, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/openvpn-connection-issue/2404 "2017-10-22T13:21:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mlun](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@mlun](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/mlun)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/openvpn-connection-issue/2404/1 "2017-10-22T13:21:56Z")

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On my friends home router I have activated the Openvpn server, configured it and exported the ovpn-file. When importing the ovpn-file into a GL-AR300M-730 (FW 2.26), attaching from WAN to LAN on a remote router, the mini-router does not connect, it says: "

\<span style=“background-color: #295873; color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif, ‘Microsoft YaHei’, 微软雅黑, ‘Heiti SC’, 宋体, STXihei, serif; font-size: 18px;”\>Status\</span\>  
\<div id=“div-openvpn-client-status-main” style=“width: 606px; color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif, ‘Microsoft YaHei’, 微软雅黑, ‘Heiti SC’, 宋体, STXihei, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #295873;”\>  
\<table style=“border: 0px; min-width: 400px; border-spacing: 5px; margin-left: 20px;”\>  
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\<td\>OpenVpn is\</td\>  
\<td\>connecting …\</td\>  
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\<tr\>  
\<td\>Last log\</td\>  
\<td style=“white-space: pre-wrap;”\>TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF\_INET]100.82.220.196:1194 UDP link local: (not bound) UDP link remote: [AF\_INET]100.82.220.196:1194 [UNDEF] Inactivity timeout (–ping-restart), restarting SIGUSR1[soft,ping-restart] received, process restarting\</td\>  
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\<td style=“color: yellow;” colspan=“2”\>Please setup [custom DNS](http://192.168.8.1/html/index?index&wan_status&dns) to protect DNS leaks\</td\>  
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Any clues on how to troubeshoot? There does not seem to be any logs, at least not accessible via the control panel.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![glitch](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/glitch)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/openvpn-connection-issue/2404/2 "2017-10-22T17:13:28Z")

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1. Pleasze edit and clean up your post.
2. do you get internet without the VPN running?
3. which provider? / post your ovpn settings here.

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**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/openvpn-connection-issue/2404/3 "2025-10-29T02:36:46Z")

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