I realize this is a 2021 post, but I wonder if these instructions are current in 2024 with firmware 8.4.1 build 5274 ?
I have a Balance 305 with the a/m firmware. I don’t have an “openVPN license”, or at least I never bought it or installed it (unless something came with the Balance?).
However, going to Advance-OpenVPN I can still setup the openvpn by ingesting the .opvn file generated by my openVPN server (router in another country).
When I then go to Status-OpenVPN, it says “Connected” in green, even if no “OpenVPN WAN” ever appears among the WAN’s or in the dashboard.
Why is it allowing me to do this, and differently from the instructions of this original post?
In any case things are not working properly: when OpenVPN is connected this way, all the devices in the LAN, regardless to which physical WAN they are connected, see the public IP of the openVPN server, with consequent ping delays, no matter what I do with the outbound policy (as I don’t have an "openVPN WAN to route through?).
Also, VPN appears to leak: dnsleaktest.com shows several servers of the various physical WAN’s in different countries.
I am confused, which is the right approach with Balance 305 in 2024 to run openVPN and make sure it does not leak?
thanks!