PIA can't work with OpenVPN but Wireguard. [Cannot resolve host address]

[Ferdinand-Wu]

Hi,

First of all, Vopono is amazing, and I am to use it on VPS.

Wireguard works well, but OpenVPN get stuck when launching with an error at:
RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: france.privacy.network:502 (Temporary failure in name resolution)

I tried to change the ovpn file and replace the sever name with an ip address, OpenVPN successfully lunched but no ping response.

The following arguments have been tried:
--no-killswitch, --firewall iptables

Thanks for your work in advance!

[jamesmcm]

Can you post the logs with vopono -v and also connect normally with OpenVPN and compare them?

It seems like a DNS issue, probably the server should set the DNS at some point with something like:

dhcp-option DNS x.x.x.x

[Ferdinand-Wu]

Can you post the logs with vopono -v and also connect normally with OpenVPN and compare them?

It seems like a DNS issue, probably the server should set the DNS at some point with something like:

dhcp-option DNS x.x.x.x

Thanks for the quick reply. Will post the full log later, I'm running ProtonVPN free plan now with OpenVPN and it runs smoothly, probably this could be an inspiration??

😃

[jamesmcm]

Are 209.222.18.222, 209.222.18.218 the expected DNS servers?

If you know the IP address of the VPS does it work if you just put that in the config?

[Ferdinand-Wu]

Just made a search and found these two DNS are PIA's, sounds not of good reputation (slow, not working...) from the internet feedback. I will ask PIA for this problem. Currently, I am using Wireguard happily.

btw, do you have any plan to include NordVPN's Obfuscated servers??

:-)

[Ferdinand-Wu]

Update

I have contacted PIA about problematic DNS, unfortunately the answer is to simply use their app instead of using OVPN profiles. Quite frustrating customer service.... :-(