DNS not working with OpenVPN Connect

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Ror
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DNS not working with OpenVPN Connect

Post by Ror » Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:08 am

I'd like to connect to my OpenVPN server from IOS and android but it seems that the configuration for DNS that is pushed from the server

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push "dhcp-option DNS X.X.X.X"
push "dhcp-option DNS X.X.X.X"
push "dhcp-option DOMAIN XXXX"
push "block-outside-dns"
isn't working on OpenVPN Connect.

The configuration works on OpenVPN GUI and Tunnelblick clients however. It seems that I have no errors regarding the DNS configuration on OpenVPN Connect (IOS):

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2022-02-24 15:17:49 EVENT: ASSIGN_IP
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: preparing TUN network settings
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: init TUN network settings with endpoint: X.X.X.X
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: adding IPv4 address to network settings X.X.X.X/255.255.255.0
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: adding (included) IPv4 route X.X.X.X/24
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: adding DNS X.X.X.X
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: adding DNS X.X.X.X
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: adding match domain XXXX
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: adding DNS specific routes:
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: adding (included) IPv4 route X.X.X.X/32
2022-02-24 15:17:49 NIP: adding (included) IPv4 route X.X.X.X/32
2022-02-24 15:17:49 Connected via NetworkExtensionTUN
2022-02-24 15:17:49 EVENT: CONNECTED myuser@X.X.X.X:YYYY (X.X.X.X) via /UDPv4 on NetworkExtensionTUN/X.X.X.X/ gw=[/]
However I can't resolve names from my private DNS. What should I do ?

Ror
OpenVpn Newbie
Posts: 4
Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2019 8:34 am

Re: DNS not working with OpenVPN Connect

Post by Ror » Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:28 am

Still having this problem. Anyone ?

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