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Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:04 pm
by earlboy
Don't know if its just me. But every time I power cycle my gargoyle router it gets bricked if vpn server is running.
It powers up normally but then, I can't get any ip from the router's dhcp.
Tried setting my ip to manual and ping the router and it fails.
The only way I can get the it back is to go to failsafe mode ang reset the router by running firstboot script.
I observed that this only happens when, I setup the vpn server and have a client set of credentials configured.
Currently tried it with my buffalo wzr-hp-g300nh and TL-WR1043ND.
Downloaded the firmware several times still same issue. Even tried different versions of 1.5.x. Same problem.
Anyone experiencing the same thing?
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 5:34 am
by earlboy
Update :
Found out that bricking only happens when openvpn is configured with the credential re-use option set to "credentials are specific to each client".
My current setting now is "Credentials Can Be Used By Multiple Client" and the router is not bricking when power cycled.
Another thing I noticed with my old settings was that wifi seems to work. My wireless device can authenticate but cannot get any ip.
This could be a routing configuration problem, if credential re-use option set to "credentials are specific to each client".
regards
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:20 pm
by ratele
Confirmed.
TP-LINK TL-WDR4300
Gargoyle 1.6.0
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 6:41 pm
by throughwalls
How long is it between when your VPN client machine restarts and you start using it.
Suggestion: Restart it and then wait for 30+ minutes. See if the connection happens smoothly
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:54 am
by agrohe21
I just had this same issue with 1.9.2. Archer C7 v2.
Is there anyway to get back router without resetting and losing my DHCP configurations. I was just testing out the VPN but do not really need it.
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:13 pm
by d3fz
The OP stated that
It powers up normally but then, I can't get any ip from the router's dhcp.
Does the same behavior happens to you ?
Please explain what exact steps did you take, and we can try to help you. It's also really important to
provide a logread.
If the router still boots, you can manage to save some config files now, and manually restore them after a fresh install (if needed).
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:48 am
by agrohe21
Yes, similar.
It powers up fine with lights active. However, I cannot login, ssh or telnet to the box. So I cannot do a logread. Pushing reset button on back seems to have no effect. Have not been able to do the firstboot process yet as I am worried about losing the ~30 IP configs in the DHCP settings. But that should teach me to do proper backups.
I use AdvancedIPScan tool that can see the IP but the normal HTTP service/daemon running is not there either.
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 1:22 pm
by oliver
I may be misunderstanding but I have 1.9.2 on a TL-WDR4300 with openvpn server running and client specific credentials set.
I've had no issues rebooting (I have wired and wireless clients) and can SSH in
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:32 pm
by agrohe21
I was using everything fine for a month or so. Then I configured vpn and router restarted. have not been able to access it again since. That does hurt my internet access, so put an old router back in place until I can try the wireshark tricks.
Re: Gargoyles bricks when power cycled. With vpn active.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:47 pm
by ispyisail
Are you guys using VPN service providers?