For some of the people here that are stuck with a server poll timeout, you may be like me and be trying to connect to your vpn server while already on the network the vpn serves. Try using your phone, disconnect from wifi and use data, and then connect using the phone client. It will hopefully work. Your other machines should also be able to connect successfully once off the home network.
great explanation and tutorial! I like how you overlaid the words "split tunnel" and "full tunnel" at 5:44, that made it SUPER clear what you were talking about. Thank you!
this may be a silly question, but where is this vpn server? how is it hosted? is it managed by tp link in a different country? does jt have no logs etc? or is it us creating our own server within the router but it is all coming from this router? how are speeds, traffic, logs all managed if this is the case compared to vpn providers like nord, cyberghost and express vpn? really confused as to how the vpn server on tp link works. i have got my head around the vpn client feature but not server.
@Beh4, great video. @Behfor - ummm, guess you deserve some credit too. Jokes apart, this was great. Thanks. A question. What's the difference between setting up such a VPN in the router, and using an external paid vpn service? Will the openVPN setup on the router be able to access geo-restricted content (i.e. hulu etc)? Additionally would it protect from IP snooping etc.?
Excellent video. I believe the TP Link DNS server (hence the DDNS address you specify in the config file) are blocked in Iran. Checked my connection through friends in Europe, USA, Canada. All work except when people from Iran are trying to connect. Any suggestions?
I bought this Archer 6 because it advertised the VPN. Im not a computer person at all. I did everything you said but still cant get the vpn config to load. I really think there has to be an easier vpn device out there for my whole house, tvs etc. They sure didnt make this very user friendly. Thanks for the vid.
Using VPN app on a google phone is stupid. The very reason to use VPN is to avoid google spying on you. IS there a way to setup VPN on android without google play store or google app at all ? Is there a APK file to download ?
I have the same router, but i don't get that TP-Link home page. I get a different one with green and white. ANd it does not have a section for VPN. Anyone else have this problem?
Hi, I followed your instruction but I'm not able to access my vpn :( can you help me? I have 2 router, 1 : modem router (Internet) 2 : router (Archer C6 VPN) I setup my openvpn and export the config then use my ddns, then on my modem router I setup port forward for 1194 port to the ip of archer router. But when I try to use my device connected to mobile data to connect using config. It only says server poll timeout. I tried to use public but still unable to connect. Many thanks
Probably due to already being on the home network when you tested this. Either that or the public network you were on was blocking the VPN port. Of course, it is also possible your gateway IP changes, in which case you should follow his easy video on setting up DDNS.
I am getting Connection refused error in my android mobile phone when I am on my 4G mobile data. Ofcourse when I connect to same wifi network, it works. Please help.
I got this to work, but I wanted to connect to my network via VPN because I'm running Pi Hole on my home network and it doesn't seem to work when I'm connected this way,
Great video! Also is your router does not support OpenVPN server, you can host OpenVPN Server on your PC instead. and it also has more authentication methods, some are even more secure
Behfor, first of all thank you for the explanation, you are amazing! Second of all, I have a question, I am buying a 2nd router in the country B to consume the server router on country A. So I will need to install the vpn on the 2nd router right? can I use the Archer A7 to configure the client vpn there?
@@Behfor I follow the video but my thing says DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC' to silence this warning.
Thanks for the video. I followed every step you mentioned. However failed to connect to my home network using my client OpenVPN. After successfully creating and importing OpenVPN Profile of my router (followed the Dynamic DNS address method) to my mobile, unable to connect to my network. The error on my client app is "There was an error attempting to connect to the selected server". Can you direct me for further troubleshooting?
I'm too facing the same problem. watched lots of tutorials on TH-cam but still no luck. Found that lot of common ports are being blocked by the ISP. Hope @Behfor notices this and helps us find the solution
I’m now able to use my asus zenwifi ax router as a vpn server, but when the client is active on my computer, the internet traffic is blocked. How might I be able to resolve this?
Great video! actually i followed every steps you shown to us. Still my open vpn not working showng error TLS handshake failed, TLS key negotiation failed
@@broganjosh4729 This is usually the result of: A perimeter firewall on the server's network is filtering out incoming OpenVPN packets (by default OpenVPN uses UDP or TCP port number 1194). A software firewall running on the OpenVPN server machine itself is filtering incoming connections on port 1194. Be aware that many OSes will block incoming connections by default, unless configured otherwise. A NAT gateway on the server's network does not have a port forward rule for TCP/UDP 1194 to the internal address of the OpenVPN server machine. The OpenVPN client config does not have the correct server address in its config file. The remote directive in the client config file must point to either the server itself or the public IP address of the server network's gateway. Another possible cause is that the windows firewall is blocking access for the openvpn.exe binary. You may need to whitelist (add it to the "Exceptions" list) it for OpenVPN to work.
I have a router (provided by ISP) which does not have VPN server like this. Can I connect a Network Switch to my router, which will act as Open VPN or IKEv2 server (not client)? My objective is, I have a shared folder in my FreeNAS server at home. I want to Map this shared folder, as network drive in my Laptop. So even if I am not at home I can open and modify files remotely just like I do use my files stored in laptop's hard disc.
Hi thank you for tutorials! Could you please explain, is it possible at tplink router in openvpn settings to add users/clients, after what every client should connect with username and password to work network from home networks.
@@Behfor I followed the same method as mentioned by you even set up a DDNS but still, this is the error I end up "There was an error attempting to connect to the selected server". Please help me !!
Great Video, Is it possible to do one on Point to Multipoint VPN using TP-Link? I would really appreciate learning how it would work...say where 3 branch offices and one Main office.
My Archer C6 its stuck at 100% cpu utilization, its supper slow, i dont know why, everything its correctly configured, and the firmware its up to date? Any ideas?
Instead of using the OoenVPN Connect client, I tried using the OpenVPN for android App. Although the regular client worked, the app doesn't and complains about the cypher being incompatible. I'm trying to use the specific Android App because it allows the selection of certain other apps to go through the tunnel while others stay local. Any idea what cypher key to use? From what I could find out TPlink is using very old 2.3 keys with no way to update.
Can I connect two Archer A7 with a VPN?, so I could have a permanent connection. My ISP is going to use NAT, but I have another ISP in a different location, so I want to use its public IP to bypass the NAT restriction
Thanks for the explanation. Would it change anything if usingNordVPN instead of OpenVPN? What did you do in the router settings after exporting Config file? And how can one access the vpn on a smart TV via Router (Archer C9)?
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Thanks for the tutorial. I'm looking for a way my son can play a game with his cousins but on the same network. I was thinking of using a Rpi and OpenVPN, but since I have a TP-link router this should work well.
From Canada: Hi Behfor, your networking videos are very good. As a native English speaker (there are really not so many of us, but many more ESL (English Second Language).. It sounds to me that you had quite a struggle learning English from a very different native language. But being a language buff (even fewer of those in North America compared with older countries), I am wondering if you are of Lebanese origin (a wild guess). You might yourself like Paul and his "The Langfocus Channel". If there was a language spake, he will speak! (a bit of different English! He comes from Vancouver, which for me is "The other side of the Great divide" (i.e. The Canadian Rockies, as I am in the greater Montreal area). Now back to the Networking: I recently have purchased a TP-Link Archer a7 V5. That's when I ran into the one mesh thing. However on your video that compares one mesh with Ai mesh, I think I will wait until I have a use for a decent mesh then look into Ai Mesh. But I am working to get my equipment ready to start a VPN, so I saved all the videos. So much for now (and keep that ghost of yours under control!!) (Guffaw!)
Dear R.E. Bruce Martin, I am writing to let you know that how glad I am that you liked the networking videos! That is indeed fantastic! I also would like to wish you luck in your upcoming networking projects. Furthermore, I should thank you for introducing "The Langfocus Channel" to me, I sure will pay a visit to that channel. Yours truly, Behfor
@@Behfor Good St5uff all round! Now I am curious: 1) What is your native language? (I am trilingual, English, French a strong second, and spanish 3rd.). Unlike Europe. North americans are not so often polyglots, but I am a start in that field. Also what city are you in, or are you in a rural area?
@@Behfor HelloBehfor, as a non native english speaker, i can say thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience in a very (for me) understandable accent. Keep the good job!
Hopefully when people test this out they do it on their phone or with their laptop connected to a different router than the one they are using as the VPN server. I assume this is the reason they say it is not working for them.
Point to point tunneling protocol. It uses weak authentication and encryption technology (MS-CHAP v1/2 , RC4) which can be cracked and are vulnerable to different attacks.
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For some of the people here that are stuck with a server poll timeout, you may be like me and be trying to connect to your vpn server while already on the network the vpn serves. Try using your phone, disconnect from wifi and use data, and then connect using the phone client. It will hopefully work. Your other machines should also be able to connect successfully once off the home network.
For me it goes in connection timeout. I can't connect and I tried using a different wifi and mobile data.
same here, let me know if you ever figured this one out - Thanks
@@leagueoflegends29
great explanation and tutorial! I like how you overlaid the words "split tunnel" and "full tunnel" at 5:44, that made it SUPER clear what you were talking about. Thank you!
Glad you liked the video, thanks 👍
this may be a silly question, but where is this vpn server? how is it hosted? is it managed by tp link in a different country? does jt have no logs etc? or is it us creating our own server within the router but it is all coming from this router? how are speeds, traffic, logs all managed if this is the case compared to vpn providers like nord, cyberghost and express vpn? really confused as to how the vpn server on tp link works. i have got my head around the vpn client feature but not server.
@Beh4, great video. @Behfor - ummm, guess you deserve some credit too. Jokes apart, this was great. Thanks. A question. What's the difference between setting up such a VPN in the router, and using an external paid vpn service? Will the openVPN setup on the router be able to access geo-restricted content (i.e. hulu etc)? Additionally would it protect from IP snooping etc.?
I also have this doubt.
Excellent video. I believe the TP Link DNS server (hence the DDNS address you specify in the config file) are blocked in Iran. Checked my connection through friends in Europe, USA, Canada. All work except when people from Iran are trying to connect. Any suggestions?
I bought this Archer 6 because it advertised the VPN. Im not a computer person at all. I did everything you said but still cant get the vpn config to load. I really think there has to be an easier vpn device out there for my whole house, tvs etc. They sure didnt make this very user friendly. Thanks for the vid.
Using VPN app on a google phone is stupid. The very reason to use VPN is to avoid google spying on you.
IS there a way to setup VPN on android without google play store or google app at all ? Is there a APK file to download ?
Where is the link for DDNS setup ?
When you say "click here" i see nothing to click.
Is there anything need to be setup in the main router like NAT or port forwarding?
dude wtf you're ingenuity is amazing and you are so aware of how to present information accordingly to eliminate ALL confusion. AMAZING!
Thanks so much, glad you liked it 😃👍
Can we set up open server on TPlink ER605
I haven't used that device myself but a simple google search shows it can be set up as an openvpn server. thanks.
I have setup the VPN correctly and when I connect my laptop to the network I can't find any other pc or device network through my laptop. Why is that?
Hi, did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same problem.
I have the same router, but i don't get that TP-Link home page. I get a different one with green and white. ANd it does not have a section for VPN. Anyone else have this problem?
Hi, I followed your instruction but I'm not able to access my vpn :( can you help me?
I have 2 router,
1 : modem router (Internet)
2 : router (Archer C6 VPN)
I setup my openvpn and export the config then use my ddns, then on my modem router I setup port forward for 1194 port to the ip of archer router. But when I try to use my device connected to mobile data to connect using config. It only says server poll timeout. I tried to use public but still unable to connect. Many thanks
Did you fix this? I have the same problem
May I ask do you have a TWIN brother by any chance?
No I don't, why?!
Can not connect VPN. OpenVPN showing "Server poll timeout. Trying next remote entry". Pls help
Probably due to already being on the home network when you tested this. Either that or the public network you were on was blocking the VPN port. Of course, it is also possible your gateway IP changes, in which case you should follow his easy video on setting up DDNS.
I am getting Connection refused error in my android mobile phone when I am on my 4G mobile data. Ofcourse when I connect to same wifi network, it works. Please help.
Great Video. Can you suggest how i can use a different country VPN when im in my home country?
Hey I did all the same but when i try to connect through my phone data or other network it doesnt work. Help please
I got this to work, but I wanted to connect to my network via VPN because I'm running Pi Hole on my home network and it doesn't seem to work when I'm connected this way,
Great video! Also is your router does not support OpenVPN server, you can host OpenVPN Server on your PC instead. and it also has more authentication methods, some are even more secure
Good point. Thanks 👍👍
Im having a issues when connecting to tplink openvpn and I can’t see my nas files? Can you make a video about how to solve it.
Behfor, first of all thank you for the explanation, you are amazing! Second of all, I have a question, I am buying a 2nd router in the country B to consume the server router on country A. So I will need to install the vpn on the 2nd router right? can I use the Archer A7 to configure the client vpn there?
Can I use it to watch Netflix as if I was on a home network? Since they no longer allow sharing.
But can you do it on Linux Mint? I would love to see a video on setting up a Linux Mint client.
Great. Thanks
You're very welcome ☺️
how to send config figure on your iphone?
An easy way is to just email it to yourself and then open the file with OpenVPN.
@@Behfor I follow the video but my thing says DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-128-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-128-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-128-CBC' to silence this warning.
BUT , think that i need open the port first , in this case 1194
Thanks for the video. I followed every step you mentioned. However failed to connect to my home network using my client OpenVPN. After successfully creating and importing OpenVPN Profile of my router (followed the Dynamic DNS address method) to my mobile, unable to connect to my network. The error on my client app is "There was an error attempting to connect to the selected server". Can you direct me for further troubleshooting?
I had similar problem. If you could troubleshoot, please describe how u could solve the problem.
I'm too facing the same problem. watched lots of tutorials on TH-cam but still no luck. Found that lot of common ports are being blocked by the ISP. Hope @Behfor notices this and helps us find the solution
I’m now able to use my asus zenwifi ax router as a vpn server, but when the client is active on my computer, the internet traffic is blocked. How might I be able to resolve this?
I have tp link archer C3200, I am new with VPN. can I still be able to do VPN from office-to-home? on my device, I have only IPsec VPN.
Perfect video.. thank you!
Glad you liked it! 😀
Very well explained, very helpful, thanks a ton!
Does it take some time for your DDNS to be visible to everyone? I am not able to connec to my vpn
not really, maybe a few seconds or at most a minute or so (in my experience)
This guy is awesome and mine works perfectly fine
Thanks 👍
Amazing video!! Can you please let me know how to access IP cameras using dyndns on Archer LTE router?
I pay 400mbps I do a speed test and I get 350. Then I activate open VPN and then I get about 10mbps lol vpn is not worth it.
So if I do all this, will it prevent my ISP from tracking me on my home network? For reference, I did this on a C5400X tp-link
Great video! actually i followed every steps you shown to us. Still my open vpn not working showng error TLS handshake failed, TLS key negotiation failed
Hi Prathamesh, have the same issue. DId you find a soln?
@@broganjosh4729 This is usually the result of:
A perimeter firewall on the server's network is filtering out incoming OpenVPN packets (by default OpenVPN uses UDP or TCP port number 1194).
A software firewall running on the OpenVPN server machine itself is filtering incoming connections on port 1194. Be aware that many OSes will block incoming connections by default, unless configured otherwise.
A NAT gateway on the server's network does not have a port forward rule for TCP/UDP 1194 to the internal address of the OpenVPN server machine.
The OpenVPN client config does not have the correct server address in its config file. The remote directive in the client config file must point to either the server itself or the public IP address of the server network's gateway.
Another possible cause is that the windows firewall is blocking access for the openvpn.exe binary. You may need to whitelist (add it to the "Exceptions" list) it for OpenVPN to work.
Great video. thanks. Do I still need an OpenVPN subscription with this setup?
No, it's free and you don't need a subscription because you are creating your own VPN server and you are not renting someone's VPN server. Thanks.
I have a router (provided by ISP) which does not have VPN server like this. Can I connect a Network Switch to my router, which will act as Open VPN or IKEv2 server (not client)?
My objective is, I have a shared folder in my FreeNAS server at home. I want to Map this shared folder, as network drive in my Laptop. So even if I am not at home I can open and modify files remotely just like I do use my files stored in laptop's hard disc.
How do you make those videos and what program is used? I still have Win 7 and need to upgrade.. That last part was so funny. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
nice video. . interested learned more
Glad you liked it, thanks 👍
Hi thank you for tutorials! Could you please explain, is it possible at tplink router in openvpn settings to add users/clients, after what every client should connect with username and password to work network from home networks.
every time I export my file to GL.Inet as a VPN it always says Abort, can you help?
Best notification on whole youtube! And better yet talking about VPN. Another great one!
Thanks buddy 👍👍😀
@@Behfor I followed the same method as mentioned by you even set up a DDNS but still, this is the error I end up "There was an error attempting to connect to the selected server". Please help me !!
It's that simple but I'm probably very unlucky, it doesn't work XD , I tried no-ip and tp link ddns too, I'm hopeless
Lack of user-level authentication would be a deal breaker for me. Thank you for the video.
Very interesting way of narration by having an duplicate 😄 explained very well
Keep it up 👍🏻
Beh4: Thanks so much 😀👍👍
Great Video, Is it possible to do one on Point to Multipoint VPN using TP-Link? I would really appreciate learning how it would work...say where 3 branch offices and one Main office.
My Archer C6 its stuck at 100% cpu utilization, its supper slow, i dont know why, everything its correctly configured, and the firmware its up to date?
Any ideas?
Can you setup the router with a Surfshark vpn??
How to hide / change my public ip address in windows 7 or can we use router instead or create own proxy ?
Instead of using the OoenVPN Connect client, I tried using the OpenVPN for android App. Although the regular client worked, the app doesn't and complains about the cypher being incompatible. I'm trying to use the specific Android App because it allows the selection of certain other apps to go through the tunnel while others stay local.
Any idea what cypher key to use? From what I could find out TPlink is using very old 2.3 keys with no way to update.
How does this work idk ,but i checked my dynamic public ip and not any port is ooened ,what should i do ?
Can I connect two Archer A7 with a VPN?, so I could have a permanent connection. My ISP is going to use NAT, but I have another ISP in a different location, so I want to use its public IP to bypass the NAT restriction
Thanks for the video. What are the maximum R/W speeds achievable by the tp-link? Thanks in advance!
Thank you :)
You're very welcome 👍
Thanks for the explanation. Would it change anything if usingNordVPN instead of OpenVPN? What did you do in the router settings after exporting Config file? And how can one access the vpn on a smart TV via Router (Archer C9)?
In my country some websites blocked in case i will do it ..it will open websites?
Does it require that Server side should also have port 1194 unblocked by ISP?
That port must be already open by the ISP, but if for any reason they have blocked it then yes they should open it.
Choose TCP instead of UDP in the A7 Router,
@@TheLatinBlast Thank you this worked. Do you know why this is?
does this also work with the archer C7? if yes: also with openwrt?
سلام لطفا همین آموزش رو واسه فارسی زبان ها هم بذار. ممنون
سلام، مرسی از نظر شما. به زودی یک کانال فارسی مربوط به تکنولوژی شروع به کار خواهد کرد. اطلاعاتش رو در کانال یوتیوب TH-cam.com/behfun به زودی اعلام خواهم کرد. مرسی.
does it work under private ip?
Hi great explanation, but dont work for me, can help me? please
I did everything you said in this video and the VPN will not connect on any device is there a reason why
Great Tutorials, Thanks. Can you also upload a video on how to block Ads (Network level) on Tp-link routers. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the tutorial. I'm looking for a way my son can play a game with his cousins but on the same network. I was thinking of using a Rpi and OpenVPN, but since I have a TP-link router this should work well.
Thank you so much. Very clear
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome funny and practical Behfor, Thanks.
If Danny DeVito and Andy Kaufman had a child this would be it.
From Canada:
Hi Behfor, your networking videos are very good.
As a native English speaker (there are really not so many of us, but many more ESL (English Second Language)..
It sounds to me that you had quite a struggle learning English from a very different native language.
But being a language buff (even fewer of those in North America compared with older countries), I am wondering if you are of Lebanese origin (a wild guess).
You might yourself like Paul and his "The Langfocus Channel".
If there was a language spake, he will speak! (a bit of different English! He comes from Vancouver, which for me is "The other side of the Great divide" (i.e. The Canadian Rockies, as I am in the greater Montreal area).
Now back to the Networking:
I recently have purchased a TP-Link Archer a7 V5.
That's when I ran into the one mesh thing. However on your video that compares one mesh with Ai mesh, I think I will wait until I have a use for a decent mesh then look into Ai Mesh.
But I am working to get my equipment ready to start a VPN, so I saved all the videos.
So much for now (and keep that ghost of yours under control!!)
(Guffaw!)
Dear R.E. Bruce Martin,
I am writing to let you know that how glad I am that you liked the networking videos! That is indeed fantastic!
I also would like to wish you luck in your upcoming networking projects.
Furthermore, I should thank you for introducing "The Langfocus Channel" to me, I sure will pay a visit to that channel.
Yours truly,
Behfor
@@Behfor Good St5uff all round! Now I am curious:
1) What is your native language? (I am trilingual, English, French a strong second, and spanish 3rd.). Unlike Europe. North americans are not so often polyglots, but I am a start in that field.
Also what city are you in, or are you in a rural area?
@@Behfor HelloBehfor, as a non native english speaker, i can say thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience in a very (for me) understandable accent. Keep the good job!
@@als7bardg634 You're very welcome, glad you liked the video :)
Hopefully when people test this out they do it on their phone or with their laptop connected to a different router than the one they are using as the VPN server. I assume this is the reason they say it is not working for them.
How does this work? Eventhough my vpn is using the same ISP as my own?
Thanks. Any ideas what to set to see all pc in outside network when I am connected via openvpn?
This is awesome concept. I like it, I like it a lot. 100% different than anything I have ever seen on any channel!
Thanks 😀👍
I tried everything shown in the video but it is not connecting, the logs show server poll timeout. Please help
Same for me buddy.
Thanks worked on my Archer C59 i port forwarded it and now its working
Thanks! The explanation I was looking for :) your are a pure joy to watch
Glad to hear it! Thanks :-)
Thank you so much! This really helps me a lot!
Glad it helped! :-)
does this work on xbox too?
very pleased to follow very clear Master thanks for the video!
I'm glad you liked the videos، thanks so much 😀👍
Your descriptions are great 👍👍👍❤
Thanks 😀👍👍👍♥
Agree
ممنون هم وطن🤗
What is PPTP and why is it so obsolete
Point to point tunneling protocol. It uses weak authentication and encryption technology (MS-CHAP v1/2 , RC4) which can be cracked and are vulnerable to different attacks.
You saved my life and time thanks a lot
Glad to hear that, thanks 👍
@@Behfor one more question can I do this on other tp link routers cause I didn't find this option in my tp link router
Love the dance moves Beh4!
Beh4: Cheers mate 😅👍
All's good... But why doesn't it hide my IP even after setting client access to 'Internet and Home Network' in the openvpn settings?
Hi there, thankyou for your useful tutorial video. Keep it up. Thnx
Thank you, I will :-)