Opevpn server routes

badbod · 2021-08-31T13:11:21.953Z

MT300N-AENS-2g
Openvpn server changes /etc/openvpn/ovpn/server.ovpn config file. I remove the redirect gateway line but it is back when server is restarted. Where is the script that is overwriting this config? How do I remove the redirect gateway option so when clients connect only the internal network route us pushed?

dont need an option in GUI if there is not one, I can edit the script that is injecting the unwanted PUSH option if I can find it.

elorimer · 2021-08-31T15:16:02.968Z

You can also add pull-filter ignore redirect-gateway to the client configuration. This is helpful so you can use a config without that line in a Starbucks, so all your browsing is encrypted over the tunnel, and use a config with that line where you are in a secure location and don’t want the throughput loss of going through the tunnel.

badbod · 2021-08-31T17:40:49.796Z

@elorimer Hi, thanks, I also needed to add the route for internal subnet. ended up editing
/usr/bin/gen_ovpn
so while there adding the subnet might as well disable the redirect-gateway.

All working.
now looking to fix it so server and client can run as I normally would. not sure why this restriction, probably memory or CPU grunt? Ill find out.
There is a linux box onsite, but head honcho wants it in the router and this is the router given LOL.

Thanks again for the suggestion,.

elorimer · 2021-08-31T18:11:59.834Z

Thanks for pointing me to that file. That gets regenerated each time the router is rebooted, doesn’t it, from rom/usr/bin/gen_ovpn?

I use my Mango only as a travel router, not a main router, and it works just great for that. I can’t see using it as the main internet router, or really as an openvpn server unless I have a really slow internet connection, like 25/1. Still, I was surprised that the server options seem so limited.