VPN blocking VPN connections (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by SatyrSack@lemmy.one to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Slightly confusing, and not necessarily directly piracy-related. I run OpenVPN on my Netgear router that allows me to connect to devices on my home network while I am away from home. It works great for most devices, but I cannot connect to any devices that are running Mullvad VPN. Disabling Mullvad on those devices allows me to connect. Also, if I SSH into a device that does not run Mullvad, I can use that SSH session to then communicate with those Mullvad devices. Any ideas?

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[-] frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

You need to enable local network sharing on the Mullvad devices.

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

I definitely have that enabled. Like I said, I can connect to it from a different device on the network, just not from a device "pretending" to be on the network via OpenVPN.

[-] frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

The tool tip gives the IP ranges that it opens up, can you make your OpenVPN network live in one of those ranges and try?

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would I change my IP address through my router settings or the OpenVPN app on my client? I cannot find a way to set the IP through my router settings.

In Mullvad, the IP ranges in that menu you mentioned are:

10.0.0.0/8

172.16.0.0/12

192.168.0.0/16

169.254.0.0/16

0xfe80::/10

0xfc00::/7

Connecting through OpenVPN gives me the IP address 192.168.254.2. In the OpenVPN app, changing my IP address makes it so I cannot ping any devices on the network.

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