Config Generator not resolving hosts for Entry IP 2

[bigshotfatcat 0]

Hi,

 

The host are not resolved in the .ovpn files for the router continent servers for Entry IP 2.  They are resolved for Entry IP 1.  I haven't tried Entry IP 3 or 4 since I am able to connect with Entry IP 1.

 

Operating System: Router

OpenVPN version: >= 2.4

IPv4 only

Servers: by Continent

Protocol: UDP

Port: 443

 

 

This is what is in the .ovpn files:

remote america.vpn.airdns.org2 443

remote asia.vpn.airdns.org2 443

remote europe.vpn.airdns.org2 443

 

 

[Staff 9973]

Hello!
 

The names you entered do not exist. Please replace them with:

america2.vpn.airdns.org

asia2.vpn.airdns.org

europe2.vpn.airdns.org

 

Kind regards

[bigshotfatcat 0]

Hello!

 

The names you entered do not exist. Please replace them with:

america2.vpn.airdns.org

asia2.vpn.airdns.org

europe2.vpn.airdns.org

 

Kind regards

Thanks.  That's helpful.  I can determine the IP addresses from that.

 

Shouldn't resolve hosts put the actual IP address in the configuration file?

[Staff 9973]

 

Hello!

 

The names you entered do not exist. Please replace them with:

america2.vpn.airdns.org

asia2.vpn.airdns.org

europe2.vpn.airdns.org

 

Kind regards

Thanks.  That's helpful.  I can determine the IP addresses from that.

 

Shouldn't resolve hosts put the actual IP address in the configuration file?

 

Hello!

 

Yes, thanks for the head up, this is a critical bug, it will be fixed. The CG also generates invalid names when you select entry-IP 2, exactly as you reported. Going to investigate and fix.

 

Kind regards

[Staff 9973]

Shouldn't resolve hosts put the actual IP address in the configuration file?

 

Hello!

Yes, but it's not recommended. "europe2.vpn.airdns.org" for example is resolved to the highest rated server at the moment of the generation, if you force resolution you will always connect to the same server.

As explained in the tooltip, that's useful in case of DNS poisoning (China for example).

 

Previous versions of Config Generator had an option to dump all servers with many "remote" directives, to allow OpenVPN to pick (randomly) a server, but the option was disabled because OpenVPN doesn't accept more than 64 "remote" directives. if necessary, you might anyway emulate that option by editing the file with a text editor (with "remote-random" and then a maximum of 64 " remote" directives, see also https://airvpn.org/topic/14378-how-can-i-get-vpn-servers-entry-ip-addresses for this purpose).

 

Anyway, europe2.all.vpn.airdns.org contain all IP servers of the picked region, as explained here: https://airvpn.org/topic/14378-how-can-i-get-vpn-servers-entry-ip-addresses

 

Kind regards