# Nordvpn not working after fresh reinstall **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [25 January 2024 13:56 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077 "2024-01-25T13:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Supersocks](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/supersocks/32/5736_2.png) [@Supersocks](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Supersocks)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2024 13:56 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077/1 "2024-01-25T13:56:24Z")
I had a power cut last night and it corrupted my install of Dietpi a Raspberry PI 4 I did a fresh reinstall this morning, updated to latest and all is working great except NordVPN (via dietpi-vpn) I’m using the same manual credentials as before and it logs in and connects to the server ([lu106.nordvpn.com](http://lu106.nordvpn.com)) fine but fails to get a WAN Ip with the error - WAN IP : curl: (28) Resolving timed out after 3000 milliseconds. Any ideas what to do? ```auto dietpi@NASPi:~$ sudo systemctl -l status dietpi-vpn ● dietpi-vpn.service - VPN Client (DietPi) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/dietpi-vpn.service; disabled; preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-01-25 13:44:57 GMT; 58s ago Main PID: 4442 (openvpn) Status: "Initialization Sequence Completed" Tasks: 1 (limit: 4471) CPU: 104ms CGroup: /system.slice/dietpi-vpn.service └─4442 /usr/sbin/openvpn --suppress-timestamps --nobind --config /etc/openvpn/client.ovpn Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4442]: net_addr_v4_add: 10.7.2.4/24 dev tun0 Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4442]: /var/lib/dietpi/dietpi-vpn/static_up.sh tun0 1500 0 10.7.2.4 255.255.255.0 init Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4456]: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4459]: net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4442]: net_route_v4_add: 194.110.85.64/32 via 192.168.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4442]: net_route_v4_add: 0.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4442]: net_route_v4_add: 128.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4442]: Initialization Sequence Completed Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4442]: Data Channel: cipher 'AES-256-GCM', peer-id: 0, compression: 'stub' Jan 25 13:44:58 NASPi openvpn[4442]: Timers: ping 60, ping-restart 180 ``` ```auto dietpi@NASPi:~$ sudo openvpn /etc/openvpn/client.ovpn 2024-01-25 13:46:56 DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:CHACHA20-POLY1305). OpenVPN ignores --cipher for cipher negotiations. 2024-01-25 13:46:56 Note: '--allow-compression' is not set to 'no', disabling data channel offload. 2024-01-25 13:46:56 OpenVPN 2.6.3 aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] [DCO] 2024-01-25 13:46:56 library versions: OpenSSL 3.0.11 19 Sep 2023, LZO 2.10 2024-01-25 13:46:56 DCO version: N/A 2024-01-25 13:46:56 WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 2024-01-25 13:46:56 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 2024-01-25 13:46:56 NOTE: --fast-io is disabled since we are not using UDP 2024-01-25 13:46:56 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:46:56 Socket Buffers: R=[131072->131072] S=[16384->16384] 2024-01-25 13:46:56 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:46:56 TCP connection established with [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:46:56 TCPv4_CLIENT link local: (not bound) 2024-01-25 13:46:56 TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:46:56 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443, sid=a96f8994 806a791b 2024-01-25 13:46:56 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this 2024-01-25 13:46:56 VERIFY OK: depth=2, C=PA, O=NordVPN, CN=NordVPN Root CA 2024-01-25 13:46:56 VERIFY OK: depth=1, O=NordVPN, CN=NordVPN CA9 2024-01-25 13:46:56 VERIFY KU OK 2024-01-25 13:46:56 Validating certificate extended key usage 2024-01-25 13:46:56 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication 2024-01-25 13:46:56 VERIFY EKU OK 2024-01-25 13:46:56 VERIFY X509NAME OK: CN=lu106.nordvpn.com 2024-01-25 13:46:56 VERIFY OK: depth=0, CN=lu106.nordvpn.com 2024-01-25 13:46:56 Control Channel: TLSv1.3, cipher TLSv1.3 TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, peer certificate: 4096 bit RSA, signature: RSA-SHA512 2024-01-25 13:46:56 [lu106.nordvpn.com] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:46:56 TLS: move_session: dest=TM_ACTIVE src=TM_INITIAL reinit_src=1 2024-01-25 13:46:56 TLS: tls_multi_process: initial untrusted session promoted to trusted 2024-01-25 13:46:57 SENT CONTROL [lu106.nordvpn.com]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1) 2024-01-25 13:46:57 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 103.86.96.100,dhcp-option DNS 103.86.99.100,explicit-exit-notify,comp-lzo no,route-gateway 10.7.2.1,topology subnet,ping 60,ping-restart 180,ifconfig 10.7.2.5 255.255.255.0,peer-id 0,cipher AES-256-GCM' 2024-01-25 13:46:57 OPTIONS IMPORT: --explicit-exit-notify can only be used with --proto udp 2024-01-25 13:46:57 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified 2024-01-25 13:46:57 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified 2024-01-25 13:46:57 OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified 2024-01-25 13:46:57 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified 2024-01-25 13:46:57 net_route_v4_best_gw query: dst 0.0.0.0 2024-01-25 13:46:57 net_route_v4_best_gw result: via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 2024-01-25 13:46:57 ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.2.1/255.255.255.0 IFACE=eth0 HWADDR=dc:a6:32:4f:6d:08 2024-01-25 13:46:57 TUN/TAP device tun1 opened 2024-01-25 13:46:57 net_iface_mtu_set: mtu 1500 for tun1 2024-01-25 13:46:57 net_iface_up: set tun1 up 2024-01-25 13:46:57 net_addr_v4_add: 10.7.2.5/24 dev tun1 2024-01-25 13:46:57 /var/lib/dietpi/dietpi-vpn/static_up.sh tun1 1500 0 10.7.2.5 255.255.255.0 init net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 2024-01-25 13:46:57 net_route_v4_add: 194.110.85.64/32 via 192.168.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:46:57 sitnl_send: rtnl: generic error (-17): File exists 2024-01-25 13:46:57 NOTE: Linux route add command failed because route exists 2024-01-25 13:46:57 net_route_v4_add: 0.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:46:57 sitnl_send: rtnl: generic error (-17): File exists 2024-01-25 13:46:57 NOTE: Linux route add command failed because route exists 2024-01-25 13:46:57 net_route_v4_add: 128.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:46:57 sitnl_send: rtnl: generic error (-17): File exists 2024-01-25 13:46:57 NOTE: Linux route add command failed because route exists 2024-01-25 13:46:57 Initialization Sequence Completed 2024-01-25 13:46:57 Data Channel: cipher 'AES-256-GCM', peer-id: 0, compression: 'stub' 2024-01-25 13:46:57 Timers: ping 60, ping-restart 180 ^C2024-01-25 13:47:30 event_wait : Interrupted system call (fd=-1,code=4) 2024-01-25 13:47:30 net_route_v4_del: 194.110.85.64/32 via 192.168.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:47:30 net_route_v4_del: 0.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:47:30 net_route_v4_del: 128.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:47:30 Closing TUN/TAP interface 2024-01-25 13:47:30 net_addr_v4_del: 10.7.2.5 dev tun1 2024-01-25 13:47:30 /var/lib/dietpi/dietpi-vpn/static_down.sh tun1 1500 0 10.7.2.5 255.255.255.0 init net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 0 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 0 2024-01-25 13:47:30 SIGINT[hard,] received, process exiting dietpi@NASPi:~$ sudo openvpn /etc/openvpn/client.ovpn 2024-01-25 13:47:39 DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:CHACHA20-POLY1305). OpenVPN ignores --cipher for cipher negotiations. 2024-01-25 13:47:39 Note: '--allow-compression' is not set to 'no', disabling data channel offload. 2024-01-25 13:47:39 OpenVPN 2.6.3 aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] [DCO] 2024-01-25 13:47:39 library versions: OpenSSL 3.0.11 19 Sep 2023, LZO 2.10 2024-01-25 13:47:39 DCO version: N/A 2024-01-25 13:47:39 WARNING: --ping should normally be used with --ping-restart or --ping-exit 2024-01-25 13:47:39 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts 2024-01-25 13:47:39 NOTE: --fast-io is disabled since we are not using UDP 2024-01-25 13:47:39 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:47:39 Socket Buffers: R=[131072->131072] S=[16384->16384] 2024-01-25 13:47:39 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:47:39 TCP connection established with [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:47:39 TCPv4_CLIENT link local: (not bound) 2024-01-25 13:47:39 TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:47:39 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443, sid=e4709e9f 38edf6da 2024-01-25 13:47:39 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this 2024-01-25 13:47:40 VERIFY OK: depth=2, C=PA, O=NordVPN, CN=NordVPN Root CA 2024-01-25 13:47:40 VERIFY OK: depth=1, O=NordVPN, CN=NordVPN CA9 2024-01-25 13:47:40 VERIFY KU OK 2024-01-25 13:47:40 Validating certificate extended key usage 2024-01-25 13:47:40 ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication 2024-01-25 13:47:40 VERIFY EKU OK 2024-01-25 13:47:40 VERIFY X509NAME OK: CN=lu106.nordvpn.com 2024-01-25 13:47:40 VERIFY OK: depth=0, CN=lu106.nordvpn.com 2024-01-25 13:47:40 Control Channel: TLSv1.3, cipher TLSv1.3 TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, peer certificate: 4096 bit RSA, signature: RSA-SHA512 2024-01-25 13:47:40 [lu106.nordvpn.com] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]194.110.85.64:443 2024-01-25 13:47:40 TLS: move_session: dest=TM_ACTIVE src=TM_INITIAL reinit_src=1 2024-01-25 13:47:40 TLS: tls_multi_process: initial untrusted session promoted to trusted 2024-01-25 13:47:40 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 103.86.96.100,dhcp-option DNS 103.86.99.100,explicit-exit-notify,comp-lzo no,route-gateway 10.7.1.1,topology subnet,ping 60,ping-restart 180,ifconfig 10.7.1.2 255.255.255.0,peer-id 0,cipher AES-256-GCM' 2024-01-25 13:47:40 OPTIONS IMPORT: --explicit-exit-notify can only be used with --proto udp 2024-01-25 13:47:40 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified 2024-01-25 13:47:40 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified 2024-01-25 13:47:40 OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified 2024-01-25 13:47:40 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified 2024-01-25 13:47:40 net_route_v4_best_gw query: dst 0.0.0.0 2024-01-25 13:47:40 net_route_v4_best_gw result: via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 2024-01-25 13:47:40 ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.2.1/255.255.255.0 IFACE=eth0 HWADDR=dc:a6:32:4f:6d:08 2024-01-25 13:47:40 TUN/TAP device tun1 opened 2024-01-25 13:47:40 net_iface_mtu_set: mtu 1500 for tun1 2024-01-25 13:47:40 net_iface_up: set tun1 up 2024-01-25 13:47:40 net_addr_v4_add: 10.7.1.2/24 dev tun1 2024-01-25 13:47:40 /var/lib/dietpi/dietpi-vpn/static_up.sh tun1 1500 0 10.7.1.2 255.255.255.0 init net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 2024-01-25 13:47:40 net_route_v4_add: 194.110.85.64/32 via 192.168.2.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:47:40 net_route_v4_add: 0.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.1.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:47:40 net_route_v4_add: 128.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.1.1 dev [NULL] table 0 metric -1 2024-01-25 13:47:40 Initialization Sequence Completed 2024-01-25 13:47:40 Data Channel: cipher 'AES-256-GCM', peer-id: 0, compression: 'stub' 2024-01-25 13:47:40 Timers: ping 60, ping-restart 180 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Supersocks](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/supersocks/32/5736_2.png) [@Supersocks](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Supersocks)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2024 17:14 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077/2 "2024-01-25T17:14:48Z")
Just a quick update on this, I decided to try to use the remove and reset option in dietpi-vpn and then re-setup nordVPN and the same happened again. So I installed nordvpn through the cli and set it to tcp and ovpn to mimic the dietpi config and its working fine. curl -s [https://icanhazip.com](https://icanhazip.com) confirms i’m connected to a Luxembourg IP and if I enter dietpi-vpn it now shows this: ![image](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e4246070be03826c1ee638e834527f0b4503e244.png) So perhaps something is broken with dietpi-vpn → Nordvpn and DietPi version 9 ? Anyhow, i have nordvpn working so I’m happy myself, maybe worth looking at from a dietpi-vpn perspective though? Happy to provide further logs if it helps. ---
**Author:** ![Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/jappe/32/1788_2.png) [@Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Jappe)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2024 19:31 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077/3 "2024-01-25T19:31:48Z")
🤔 Nothing regarding `dietpi-vpn` was changed with the last update [https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9\_0/](https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_0/) ---
**Author:** ![trendy](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/trendy/32/61_2.png) [@trendy](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/trendy)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2024 19:35 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077/4 "2024-01-25T19:35:57Z")
In all the logs I can see the `Initialization Sequence Completed` message, which means successfully established VPN. Maybe there is something else wrong, with the DNS for example. ---
**Author:** ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2024 19:47 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077/5 "2024-01-25T19:47:47Z")
hmm nothing changed from our side. I’m just aware on a case where NordVPN changed the way how to authenticate. But it was 6 months ago already. [Dietpi-VPN Not Connecting · Issue #6453 · MichaIng/DietPi · GitHub](https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6453#issuecomment-1619168880) ---
**Author:** ![Supersocks](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/supersocks/32/5736_2.png) [@Supersocks](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Supersocks)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2024 19:49 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077/6 "2024-01-25T19:49:02Z")
I dont understand it either, was weird. There is nothing fancy on my network and it was fine before the power outage. I used Balena etcher to reimage the sdcard and everything is working perfectly as does nordvpn installed outside of dietpi-vpn. I dont know whats happening in the dietpi-vpn version this time ---
**Author:** ![Supersocks](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/supersocks/32/5736_2.png) [@Supersocks](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Supersocks)\ **Post date:** [25 January 2024 19:53 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077/7 "2024-01-25T19:53:55Z")
Yeah, I’m already using the manual way to authenticate. When I installed it manually (cli) I used the token login instead, maybe that’s the working difference now? (I dont think so as i did get connected in dietpi-vpn , using manual linux user and pass) just saying how i logged in on manual method in case it case someone smarter than me figure it out. > **[How to use a token with NordVPN on Linux? | NordVPN support](https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Linux/1905092252/How-to-log-in-to-NordVPN-on-Linux-with-a-token.htm)** > > Wondering how to log in to NordVPN on a Linux device in an alternative way? In this article, you’ll find out how to log in using a token. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/1X/7e1021de2213860bce185915ce2c1786e56490ec.png) [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)\ **Post date:** [22 July 2024 07:54 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nordvpn-not-working-after-fresh-reinstall/19077/8 "2024-07-22T07:54:32Z")
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