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Topic: Disabling VPN (NordVPN in this case)

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Hey,

This is the guide I followed, which works great:
nordvpn.com/tutorials/openwrt/openvpn/

But I need to disable NordVPN sometimes, and I can't work out a simple way to do it. Stopping OpenVPN via SSH doesn't seem to work, nor does deleting the NordVPN interface via LuCi.

Any top tips?

Ta,

Nick

nickd, thank you kindly for using my tutorial.

What do you want to do, how to stop OpenVPN via command line from ssh from LAN?

Hey Ulmwind, great tute, cheers.

I want to use my router as if it had no VPN connected. I have tried running:
# /etc/init.d/openvpn stop
and
# /etc/init.d/openvpn disable

But then I can't connecting to anything, I cant even ping google.

How do I disable the vpn, and just use my 'normal' internet?

Thanks!

Nick

nickd wrote:

But then I can't connecting to anything, I cant even ping google.

How do I disable the vpn, and just use my 'normal' internet?

When you were following the tutorial, did you also include the steps following this line?

To prevent traffic leakage in case VPN-tunnel drops you can edit the file /etc/firewall.user with following content:

If so, then you may need to revisit your firewall rules.

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