4.4.2 OpenVPN to Raspberry Pi: Looking up DNS Name > Timeout

[ajm422]

Hi, I setup OpenVPN on my Raspberry Pi at home and can't seem to get my Android to connect. I used this tutorial:http://readwrite.com/2014/04/10/raspber ... LV5d88r8s9 to set up my Raspberry Pi. I have port forwarding enabled. When I try and connect, I just get "Looking up DNS Name" for 1 minute before a timeout.

Can anyone help me out? I am happy to provide any information you may need to help me out. I'm relatively new to this.

Thanks!

[ajm422]

This is my server.conf file:

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local 192.168.1.2 
dev tun 
proto udp
port 1194 
ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ca.crt 
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Parkwood.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Parkwood.key
dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0 
# server and remote endpoints 
ifconfig 10.8.0.1 10.8.0.2 
# Add route to Client routing table for the OpenVPN Server 
push "route 10.8.0.1 255.255.255.255" 
# Add route to Client routing table for the OpenVPN Subnet 
push "route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0" 
# your local subnet 
push "route 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0"
# Set primary domain name server address to the SOHO Router 
# If your router does not do DNS, you can use Google DNS 8.8.8.8 
push "dhcp-option DNS 192.168.2.1"
# Override the Client default gateway by using 0.0.0.0/1 and 
# 128.0.0.0/1 rather than 0.0.0.0/0. This has the benefit of 
# overriding but not wiping out the original default gateway. 
push "redirect-gateway def1" 
client-to-client 
duplicate-cn 
keepalive 10 120 
tls-auth /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ta.key 0 
cipher AES-128-CBC 
comp-lzo 
user nobody 
group nogroup 
persist-key 
persist-tun 
status /var/log/openvpn-status.log 20 
log /var/log/openvpn.log 
verb 1

My client is a Google Play Edition Sony Z Ultra with Android 4.4.2 installed along with OpenVPN Connect. How do I allow my client to resolve my server host name? I am using dnsdynamic.org and ddclient on my pi.

[pkfox]

This is my server.conf file:

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local 192.168.1.2 
dev tun 
proto udp
port 1194 
ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ca.crt 
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Parkwood.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Parkwood.key
dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0 
# server and remote endpoints 
ifconfig 10.8.0.1 10.8.0.2 
# Add route to Client routing table for the OpenVPN Server 
push "route 10.8.0.1 255.255.255.255" 
# Add route to Client routing table for the OpenVPN Subnet 
push "route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0" 
# your local subnet 
push "route 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0"
# Set primary domain name server address to the SOHO Router 
# If your router does not do DNS, you can use Google DNS 8.8.8.8 
push "dhcp-option DNS 192.168.2.1"
# Override the Client default gateway by using 0.0.0.0/1 and 
# 128.0.0.0/1 rather than 0.0.0.0/0. This has the benefit of 
# overriding but not wiping out the original default gateway. 
push "redirect-gateway def1" 
client-to-client 
duplicate-cn 
keepalive 10 120 
tls-auth /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ta.key 0 
cipher AES-128-CBC 
comp-lzo 
user nobody 
group nogroup 
persist-key 
persist-tun 
status /var/log/openvpn-status.log 20 
log /var/log/openvpn.log 
verb 1

My client is a Google Play Edition Sony Z Ultra with Android 4.4.2 installed along with OpenVPN Connect. How do I allow my client to resolve my server host name? I am using dnsdynamic.org and ddclient on my pi.

I found when I set up my pi as a VPN server that in server.conf where you are supposed to put the pi ip address put the subnet instead e.g pi address = 192.168.1.2 ; the subnet would be 192.168.1.0 mine has been running perfectly for months now , let me know if you need more help.