(SOLVED)OpenVPN Not Working After Reboot - Must Cycle VPN Interface After Reboot

[RJenkins]

After a reboot of OPNsense 23.1.7_3-amd64 running a NordVPN using OpenVPN, my Internet is not functional. It appears that my DNS is not working because I can ping 8.8.8.8 but not www.google.com. Internet access returns if I restart the NordVPN interface.

Any suggestions?

[RJenkins]

I thought maybe this issue was due to the initialization order on of the interfaces on boot but they appear to be correct in a backup XML file:


</system>
  <interfaces>
    <lo0>
      <internal_dynamic>1</internal_dynamic>
      <descr>Loopback</descr>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <if>lo0</if>
      <ipaddr>127.0.0.1</ipaddr>
      <ipaddrv6>::1</ipaddrv6>
      <subnet>8</subnet>
      <subnetv6>128</subnetv6>
      <type>none</type>
      <virtual>1</virtual>
    </lo0>
    <lan>
      <if>em1</if>
      <descr/>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <spoofmac/>
      <ipaddr>192.168.10.1</ipaddr>
      <subnet>24</subnet>
    </lan>
    <wan>
      <if>em0</if>
      <descr/>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <spoofmac/>
      <blockpriv>1</blockpriv>
      <blockbogons>1</blockbogons>
      <ipaddr>dhcp</ipaddr>
      <dhcphostname/>
      <alias-address/>
      <alias-subnet>32</alias-subnet>
      <dhcprejectfrom/>
      <adv_dhcp_pt_timeout/>
      <adv_dhcp_pt_retry/>
      <adv_dhcp_pt_select_timeout/>
      <adv_dhcp_pt_reboot/>
      <adv_dhcp_pt_backoff_cutoff/>
      <adv_dhcp_pt_initial_interval/>
      <adv_dhcp_pt_values>SavedCfg</adv_dhcp_pt_values>
      <adv_dhcp_send_options/>
      <adv_dhcp_request_options/>
      <adv_dhcp_required_options/>
      <adv_dhcp_option_modifiers/>
      <adv_dhcp_config_advanced/>
      <adv_dhcp_config_file_override/>
      <adv_dhcp_config_file_override_path/>
    </wan>
    <opt1>
      <if>wg0</if>
      <descr>BLAHVPN</descr>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <lock>1</lock>
      <spoofmac/>
    </opt1>
    <wireguard>
      <internal_dynamic>1</internal_dynamic>
      <descr>WireGuard (Group)</descr>
      <if>wireguard</if>
      <virtual>1</virtual>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <type>group</type>
      <networks/>
    </wireguard>
    <openvpn>
      <internal_dynamic>1</internal_dynamic>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <if>openvpn</if>
      <descr>OpenVPN</descr>
      <type>group</type>
      <virtual>1</virtual>
      <networks/>
    </openvpn>
    <opt2>
      <if>ovpnc1</if>
      <descr>NORDVPN</descr>
      <enable>1</enable>
      <spoofmac/>
    </opt2>
  </interfaces>

[RJenkins]

Maybe someone can make sense of the attached VPN log file. It was captured after a reboot.

I had no Internet access after the reboot. I had to cycle off/on the VPN interface to regain Internet access.

[RJenkins]

The attached log is from after cycling the VPN interface off/on. I have Internet after the cycling and the VPN status says connected with VPN in/out traffic numbers increasing.

[RJenkins]

Screenshot of interfaces.

[RJenkins]

Success!!!

[Carve7447]

How did you manage to solve the problem? 😃