Open VPN - Cannot Resolve Host

John Wallace

Hi,

I have a problem using openvpn on my raspberry pi in conjunction with an old Sky UK router. Im trying to use the OpenVPN manager with Kodi which works well at my home with BT broadband but the exact same setup at my dads fails with a resolve host issue. I know the setup is fine as the same pi works no problem at my house, with 2 different VPNs (Pure and Trust.Zone).

Ive seen some people comment that changing the hostname to the IP works as the issue may be related to the old router not being able to resolve a long hostname, ive tried this and it still fails.

Anyone got any other ideas?

John

TinCanTech

What name are you trying to resolve ?

John Wallace

AN example : vleu-be1-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com

Which translates to :

Lookup IPv4 Address: 172.111.244.130
Lookup IPv4 Address: 172.111.197.130

Im not sure if this is the exact one I tested with the real IP but the one I did failed with the same error.

TinCanTech

arby@mint64 ~ $ ping vleu-be1-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com
PING vleu-be-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com (172.111.197.130) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 172.111.197.130: icmp_seq=1 ttl=118 time=40.1 ms
64 bytes from 172.111.197.130: icmp_seq=2 ttl=118 time=39.7 ms
64 bytes from 172.111.197.130: icmp_seq=3 ttl=118 time=39.9 ms
64 bytes from 172.111.197.130: icmp_seq=4 ttl=118 time=40.3 ms
64 bytes from 172.111.197.130: icmp_seq=5 ttl=118 time=107 ms
64 bytes from 172.111.197.130: icmp_seq=6 ttl=118 time=46.3 ms
64 bytes from 172.111.197.130: icmp_seq=7 ttl=118 time=40.2 ms
64 bytes from 172.111.197.130: icmp_seq=8 ttl=118 time=40.3 ms
^C
--- vleu-be-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 received, 0% packet loss, time 7009ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 39.798/49.283/107.161/21.972 ms

Works for me ..

If you cannot resolve that host name on a Home Broadband connection I would contact the provider for assistance.