VPN Policy doesn't stick after reboot (unless Luci installed)

anicolay · 2021-09-10T16:42:54.073Z

I’ve encountered an odd bug with a VPN policy not working after reboot.

Steps to reproduce are:

Factory reset router
Add a vpn connection (OpenVPN in my case)
Add a vpn policy (Only use VPN for => LAN in my case ‘10.140.0.0/16’)
Connect to VPN => Everything works as expected
Reboot the device => VPN policy doesn’t work and there is no internet access at all
Toggle VPN Policy off and back on fixes it until the next reboot
Installing Luci fixes it permanently for some reason?

I’ve confirmed this same behavior on X300B, 300M and 150M

I’m wondering if this is actually a bug or if there is some other method to ensure VPN policy persists after reboot other than installing Luci VIA advanced menu?

Thanks

Nick_T · 2021-09-10T19:03:49.543Z

What is your firmware version?
I was having a similar problem as your from 2 - 6 when my AR750S was on firmware version 3.201.

alzhao · 2021-09-11T20:21:25.604Z

I verified there is a bug. Filed internally.

eric · 2021-09-12T02:22:50.251Z

Can you add this to the Pending Problems & Bugs list at:

Firmware 3.201, 3.203 Release Notes and Upgrade Q&A Technical Support for Routers

3.2xx firmware will upgrade all to OpenWrt 19.07. There are a lot of changes. This post list the possible issue, questions and answers. We will keep updating this post. Version number 3.201 or 3.203? 3.201 has been released for these models on April 02 2021: AR150, AR300M (Nand), AR300M16 (Nor), AR750, AR750S, E750, MiFi, MT1300, MT300N-V2, N300, USB150, X300B, X750, XE300 These models needs more time to develop so we bump to 3.203 directly. 3.203 will be released in May. B1300, S1300, AP1…

So everyone can easily find this bug?

alzhao · 2021-09-13T09:21:31.250Z

eric:

So everyone can easily find this bug?

I just did. Thanks for the suggestions.

anicolay · 2021-09-13T13:08:27.700Z

Sorry, I’ve been away, glad to hear this is being taken care of. Thank you!