# PiVPN / OpenVPN not working

**URL:** <https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pivpn-openvpn-not-working/3361>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [28 July 2019 12:03 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pivpn-openvpn-not-working/3361 "2019-07-28T12:03:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Puunda](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@Puunda](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Puunda)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2019 12:03 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pivpn-openvpn-not-working/3361/1 "2019-07-28T12:03:34Z")

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Hey partypeople,  
are you feeling alright?!!

I’m trying to setup OpenVPN with PiVPN and it shouldn’t be that hard. But if I try to connect from my Android device i get these messages:

```nohighlight
TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]78.59.177.203:1194

UDP link local: (not bound)

UDP link remote: [AF_INET]78.59.177.203:1194

[server_s4WxYxlvRdNeCgEn] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]78.59.177.203:1194

Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter(s) in [PUSH-OPTIONS]:3: block-outside-dns (2.5_master)

```

There is no internet until I close the VPN connection. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![WarHawk](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/warhawk/32/21_2.png) [@WarHawk](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/WarHawk)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2019 14:27 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pivpn-openvpn-not-working/3361/2 "2019-07-28T14:27:39Z")

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Have you forwarded UDP:1194 thru your firewall to your OpenVPN server?

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**Author:** ![Puunda](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@Puunda](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Puunda)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2019 14:37 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pivpn-openvpn-not-working/3361/3 "2019-07-28T14:37:23Z")

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Yes, I forewarded UDP port 1194 from my router to my raspi running Pi-hole and OpenVPN

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**Author:** ![Puunda](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@Puunda](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Puunda)\
**Post date:** [31 July 2019 16:02 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pivpn-openvpn-not-working/3361/4 "2019-07-31T16:02:28Z")

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So, I just discovered that I can connect to my local network from outside via SSH, but internet is not working. Strange!

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**Author:** ![WarHawk](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/warhawk/32/21_2.png) [@WarHawk](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/WarHawk)\
**Post date:** [1 August 2019 03:11 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pivpn-openvpn-not-working/3361/5 "2019-08-01T03:11:27Z")

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remove the package, re-install…

or try side loading  
[http://www.pivpn.io/](http://www.pivpn.io/)