Openvpn and OSMC 17.6 on Rpi3

[donlizard]

HI,

Whether a clean install or an upgrade, openvpn does not seem to be doing DNS anymore.
It was fine the other day when I was using 17.5 and older, now nothing. The vpn connects fine, but no DNS is being done.

Any help?

Thanks,
Don

[ActionA]

You probably need to have a look through this thread.

OpenVPN, moving from init.d way to the Stretch/systemd way

A belated reply on the subject of leakage. DNS leakage. As long as the VPN is directing all external traffic through the tunnel, no DNS leakage should occur. There was an issue with Connman where traffic to DNS resolvers was being sent outside the VPN but that’s been fixed in 2017.12-1. The one remaining possibility for leakage is if your DNS resolver is on your locall network, eg your router or a local instance of PiHole. So whenever using a VPN make sure that your DNS resolver is not on the l…

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@donlizard

not seem to be doing DNS anymore

Guess your ISP blocks external DNS requests.
Check this

[SOLVED] Recent update glitched outbound network access, kind of

I just recently (a few days ago) did the latest upgrade (12/1/17, Kodi 17.6) and since then have developed some outbound network issues on my RPI 3/OSMC system. Since the update, I can ping an ipaddr but if I try to ping a url (like security.debian.org) I get a not found error. In fact, if I try to do a (re) update I get a bunch of not found errors for all the urls attempting to be accessed for an update. I have 2 other systems (Win 10 and Fedora 27) on the same subnet behind the same router an…

[donlizard]

Hi,

Thanks, for the replies.
I solved my dilemma by simply changing the DNS addresses that my router gives out from DHCP.
I used 8.8.8.8 and 4.2.2.2
Problem solved! Everything works like it used to, even Indigo’s system information shows my new external IP and the DNS I assigned.

Might be an easier solution, for people who are not Linux savvy.

Thanks again,

Don

[stephr1]

I wanted to say that, while I appreciate the notoriety and being held up as an example of successful problem solving, my issue(s) was not necessarily due to the DNS server (Comcast) I was using nor to any VPN leakage (at least, as near as I could tell).

My issue seemed to be more of a result of a prior update that crashed my RPI 3/OSMC system (possibly related to power supply issues). I reset my system, left the DNA server addresses intact and re-enabled vpn. And the system worked fine after that. However, I have since moved over to “open source” DNS servers just in the off-chance they were a source.

Again, thanks for my 15 secs of fame but don’t rely on my solution to be the answer to most or all of the issues that seem similar to mine.

Thanks and cheers…