VPN blocking VPN connections

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?

Certainly_No_Brit,

Did you enable “Local network sharing” in the Mullvad app? It’s possible that Mullvad is blocking all outside traffic.

frozen,
@frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz avatar

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

https://lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz/pictrs/image/b4a3384c-04a4-4327-b3e4-3ca1dcf41597.png

SatyrSack,

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,
@frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz avatar

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,

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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frozen,
@frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz avatar

Hmmm. I would think that would work, but this is about the extent of my networking knowledge, sorry. :(

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