Port Forwarding in the ovpn file

rocklin

I'm new to VPN, and OpenVPN, please be kind if this is an obvious question.

In a nutshell, if I am "port forwarding" to a particular port, should I see that port number when I open the OpenVPN ovpn (configuration) file?

MORE DETAILED:

1) I'm using a VPN provider (Mullvad), and they support port forwarding and have assigned me a port number, let's say 60077.

2) I've added that number in my home router.

3) I've configured my bittorent client (qBitorrent) to use that number.

So, when I go to an online site like CanYouSeeMe.org to check if my port is open (with my bittorrent client running) it reports back that it is indeed open.

But when I run OpenVPN and connect to Mullvad, that port is no longer show as open on CanYouSeeMe or similar port testing sites.

The combination of OpenVPN and Mullvad seems to work fine otherwise.

Looking at the OpenVPN ovpn file Mullvad provided, I don't see that port number listed.

Does it need to be for me to port forward?

If it does, exactly what text do I need to add?

TIA

rocklin

double posted, sorry

TinCanTech

rocklin wrote 1) I'm using a VPN provider (Mullvad), and they support port forwarding and have assigned me a port number, let's say 60077.

2) I've added that number in my home router.

Mullvad are forwarding the port over the VPN therefore you do not need to open the port on your router.

There will be nothing to add to your VPN config file.

rocklin

Damn, I was hoping it would be simple. Not sure what my next step is, remove the router? Try a different VPN provider with a native W7 app instead of Mullvad with OpenVPN? I know this isn't exactly OpenVPN related, but I'm very much a VPN newbie, and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

TinCanTech

You are paying Mullvad to forward a port to your personal computer and you say:
"The combination of OpenVPN and Mullvad seems to work fine otherwise"

Clearly, what-ever gremlin is narking you, it has nothing to do with Openvpn or Mullvad.

My crystal-ball suggests you try google ..

rocklin

Sorry, I forgot an important detail, just exhausted from other stuff.

Mullvad and OpenVPN were working fine for the last nine months, I was connectable through a port of my own choosing.

Then, a week ago, they instituted a new system where you login and they randomly choose a port for you (you get five total), and that's the port you must use from then on in.

That's when my problems began.

rocklin

Problem solved.

Mullvad's port forwarding test link was listing me as unconnectable. Is still does, but now all other port checking sites show me as connectable, and that's reflected in my bittorrent client's ability to connect to peers.

What changed, I don't know, Mullvad had a number of problems recently, which I discovered as per a Google search suggested by the ever-helpful TinCanTech.

:lol:

TinCanTech

rocklin wrote which I discovered as per a Google search suggested by the ever-helpful TinCanTech.

I am never helpful* but I am honest..

You found what you were looking for via an internet search because you knew what you were looking for ..
Kudos, that is what a search-engine is for.

* I'll help if you pay. If there is genuinely something wrong with your openvpn then I may help.