Two issues we've encountered - 1. DNS does not seem to be resolving. We can get to internal resources via IP. However, company.local does not work. A couple of users inadvertently upgraded to iOS 8 and now cannot get e-mail or anything else via VPN. The interesting part is that VPN-On-Demand initiates automatically even though you can't access anything. DNS is pushed according to the log in the OpenVPN app. 2. VPN does not connect from the main Settings screen. This is interesting because this was listed as fixed on the recent update for iOS 8. You can connect VPN from Settings > General > VPN. Another user posted this problem as well. It's also interesting that you cannot initiate VPN from the OpenVPN app. The toggle is basically disabled. https://forums.openvpn.net/topic17062.html We're avoiding iOS 8 for now.

I didn't have any DNS problems after upgrading to iOS8. But as others have mentioned too, OpenVPN regularly disconnects every 5-10 minutes and does not reconnect. This makes it unusable at the moment under 8.0

Re: "OpenVPN regularly disconnects every 5-10 minutes", is there any message in the log file about the cause of the disconnection? Is this on WiFi, Cellular, or both? James

James, I tried to figure out the reasons for the disconnects, without much success. Now I'm back to iOS 7.1.2 for this bug. I blame ios8 to be the culprit. Some observations though: Ipad2 on wifi router with ADSL. Disconnects happen NOT because the ipad goes to sleep. Actually, a sleeping ipad would reconnect, but only if it was connected before the sleep. The disconnects happen during normal use, like browsing with Safari. Then it would not reconnect, but I can reconnect manually with the client. I even tried the old client 1.0.4 and same result. I believe it is not the client's fault. Back to ios7, everythings works perfect again, no disconnects and automatic reconnects after sleep. PS: I have my own private VPS, running the OpenVPN access server under Ubuntu Linux.

[quote]Back to ios7, everythings works perfect again[/quote]Is this running 1.0.5 or 1.0.4 on iOS 7? James

Hi, @jamesyonan, what do you think about the other problem (VPN does not connect from the main Settings screen)? Is it a known problem? Many thanks in advance and kind regards, fSeka

[quote="jamesyonan"][quote]Back to ios7, everythings works perfect again[/quote]Is this running 1.0.5 or 1.0.4 on iOS 7? James[/quote] I use 1.0.5 with ios 7.1.2 with no problems.

[quote]@jamesyonan, what do you think about the other problem (VPN does not connect from the main Settings screen)? Is it a known problem? [/quote]Not to my knowledge. On iOS 8 with 1.0.5, any OpenVPN autologin profile should be able to connect from the Settings menu. James

Ok, but on my iPhone (5S iOS 8.0 OpenVPN 1.0.5), it works via "settings -> general -> VPN" but not via "settings and the VPN toggle button" :( I receive a message that is telling me to use the application for that. Thanks fSeka

[quote="iPhrankie"]Two issues we've encountered - 1. DNS does not seem to be resolving. We can get to internal resources via IP. However, company.local does not work. A couple of users inadvertently upgraded to iOS 8 and now cannot get e-mail or anything else via VPN. The interesting part is that VPN-On-Demand initiates automatically even though you can't access anything. DNS is pushed according to the log in the OpenVPN app. 2. VPN does not connect from the main Settings screen. This is interesting because this was listed as fixed on the recent update for iOS 8. You can connect VPN from Settings > General > VPN. Another user posted this problem as well. It's also interesting that you cannot initiate VPN from the OpenVPN app. The toggle is basically disabled. https://forums.openvpn.net/topic17062.html We're avoiding iOS 8 for now.[/quote] Confirming the problem #1. On iOS 8 dns is pushing but not resolving anything. I tested the same configuration with ios 7.1.2 and everything works! Please fix it, it's really important! Thank you guys :)

Internal Dns really not working on ios8, nothing resolving. On ios7 everything alright!

iOS 8 - Two Issues

jofre

Hi,
I confirm the DNS problem in 8.0.2, using either WLAN or Cellular
If I check the server I see the DNS request coming outside the VPN traffic and as my DNS server only allows requests from the private network the request get lost
I solve it using the directive:

push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"

wich bypasses my local DNS Server and used the Goolge DNS.
I don't like it as I want to use my local DNS server to filter known dangerous sites, but at least now it works.

If you have a better solution let me know
Jofre

jofre

I was too fast, and have now a better solution.

My setup is the following
* OpenVPN on port 443 behind Apache
* Using DNSMasq in port 53 in same host

Using Android I haven't found any problem. With IOS I have not been able to resolve DNS in the last versions, including the last 8.0.2

In order to solve the problem I changed the configuration below from:

push "dhcp-option DNS PUBLIC-IP"

(PUBLIC-IP is the public IP of my server)
to

push "dhcp-option DNS PRIVATE-IP"

(PRIVATE-IP is the server IP in the VPN tunnel, in my case 10.8.0.1)

Now it works... until next IOS update...
I hope it helps
Jofre

iPhrankie

Anyone try 8.1 released today? DNS issues resolved?

m4f1050

My OpenVPN Connect won't even open on iOS 8.1

So many things have gone bad... I regret upgrading to 8.1....! APPLE...! WTH are you doing?!?!?!

taiwanmobileservices

Upgraded to 8.1 release version from 8.1 beta 2 and found OpenVPN Connect App is working better but there still may be some problems for iOS 8.1 to handle the multitasking / memory issue or OpenVPN Connect App need to update to copy with the iOS 8's new feature.

When doing some intensive browsing using Safari. the VPN will be disconnected.

I am not sure if it is my iPad 2 issue as it is quite old for iOS 8.

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Zephyer

I confirm the #2 report, I have posted (it's under moderation when posting this post) my findings and problems in another thread.

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