Slate AX Wireguard VPN cannot connect

Hello, very new to this. I followed this video to get WireGuard up on 2x Slate AXs (227) Set Up Secure VPN in Minutes with GL.iNet Routers! - YouTube

I have the server set up on my main Slate and made established the VPN client as well. shared this file to my 2nd slate, followed the directions to a "T" but I can never get it to connect to the server.

Checking the log and I get this:

Sat Jul 19 09:00:47 2025 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (30865): Configuration parsing error

Sat Jul 19 09:00:52 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down

Sat Jul 19 09:00:52 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now

Sat Jul 19 09:00:52 2025 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (31080): Key is not the correct length or format: `MKrWS86uylwCBc3muFg8bZjea2mPEvLPhtaYs81wsH'

Sat Jul 19 09:00:52 2025 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (31080): Configuration parsing error

Sat Jul 19 09:00:57 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down

Sat Jul 19 09:00:57 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now

Sat Jul 19 09:00:57 2025 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (31295): Key is not the correct length or format: `MKrWS86uylwCBc3muFg8bZjea2mPEvLPhtaYs81wsH'

Sat Jul 19 09:00:57 2025 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (31295): Configuration parsing error

Sat Jul 19 09:01:02 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down

Sat Jul 19 09:01:02 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now

Sat Jul 19 09:01:03 2025 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (31540): Key is not the correct length or format: `MKrWS86uylwCBc3muFg8bZjea2mPEvLPhtaYs81wsH'

Sat Jul 19 09:01:03 2025 daemon.notice netifd: wgclient (31540): Configuration parsing error

Sat Jul 19 09:01:08 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down

Sat Jul 19 09:01:08 2025 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifdown of wgclient ()

Sat Jul 19 09:25:05 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now

Sat Jul 19 09:26:50 2025 user.notice wireguard-debug: USER=root ifname=wgclient ACTION=REKEY-GIVEUP SHLVL=2 HOME=/ HOTPLUG_TYPE=wireguard LOGNAME=root DEVICENAME= TERM=linux SUBSYSTEM=wireguard PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin PWD=/

Sat Jul 19 09:26:50 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is now down

Sat Jul 19 09:26:50 2025 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wgclient' is setting up now

Sat Jul 19 09:26:50 2025 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifdown of wgclient ()

any help is appreaciated. I am a caveman at this.

Hi,

Please refer to these guides to check one more time:

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