Questions tagged [wireguard]
Questions specific to Wireguard VPN in general, such as setup or functioning question. Use this tag if your question involves directly Wireguard VPN technology; do not use it if you just happen to be using Wireguard and your question is about a specific network configuration.
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Irregular SSH dropped connections on Maxstartups
Good afternoon, I'm running OpenSSH_10.0p2 Debian-7, OpenSSL 3.5.4 30 Sep 2025 on a Debian 13 6.12.57-1 (2025-11-05) VPS server. The connection is fine. However, I see irregular dropped connections on ...
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Wireguard in network namespace - few packets pass, then traffic stops
I'm trying to have a ProtonVPN wireguard running in network namespace, so that all traffic from/to namespace goes out via vpn. I have tried to follow multiple guides/tools (few links below) but ...
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cloud-init tailscale setup fails due to missing /dev/net/tun
I want to provision a VM in proxmox with cloud-init, such that tailscale will be set up and running on first boot. The image I use is alpine 3.22.1 (nocloud_alpine-3.22.1-x86_64-uefi-cloudinit-r0....
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SSH connection over from LAN to WireGuard VPN Peer drops after ~1 minute despite keepalive settings
I have a device connected to my home network that wants to SSH via WireGuard VPN Peer. The VPN subnet is 10.0.0.x/24. The issue is: I can successfully connect to the device via SSH. The SSH session ...
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Anonymous only FTP over wireguard with pure-ftpd (or other)
I want an FTP server on a wireguard network that is accessible to everyone anonymously and does not require further encryption (eg. TLS or SSH). Restricting the access is very simple using firewall ...
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Nested VPN connection via Wireguard
I designed the following topology: Client A -> Server B -> Server C Server C: wireguard server that NATs packets from its clients (in this case just B) before sending them to the Internet. Its ...
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How do I start a process which by-passes a wireguard VPN?
I have a very basic wireguard connection that routes all traffic through a VPN. [Interface] PrivateKey = <PRIV-KEY> Address = <IPV4,IPV6> DNS = <DNS> [Peer] PublicKey = <PUB-KEY&...
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PS4 Not Fully Connecting Through WireGuard VPN via macOS Internet Sharing
I’m trying to route all my PS4 traffic through a VPS-hosted VPN (using WireGuard), with the MacBook acting as the gateway. ✅ The Setup So Far VPS (Ubuntu): Set up successfully using Algo VPN. ...
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How to let Networkmanager disregard wireguard connections?
I recently upgraded from linux mint 21.0 to 21.3. After upgrading Networkmanager has seem to imported my existing wireguard connections (/etc/wireguard/wg0.conf) which results in it being displayed in ...
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Routing through a non-adjacent host in a virtual network
I have a WireGuard virtual network. Three hosts on the network: A, B and R. Only the host R has a static public IP, so both hosts A and B connect to the host R to connect to the virtual network. Hosts ...
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Wireguard: iPhone has no internet when outside of "home" wifi
I'd like to move away from tailscale (which works fine but drains my iPhone battery) and use a regular Wireguard tunnel to benefit from my home Pihole when "on the go". Raspberry Pi running ...
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WireGuard VPN on Raspberry Pi 4 connects but iPhone has no internet access
Issue Summary WireGuard VPN on Raspberry Pi 4 connects from client (iPhone), shows handshake and Rx/Tx, but VPN clients have no internet access. ✅ Setup Network & Hardware Virgin Media Hub 3 in ...
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How to simplify multi-VPN management (WireGuard/OpenVPN) and secure password handling?
I frequently switch between different VPN configurations on Linux: WireGuard (wg-quick up/down) A corporate OpenVPN profile (sudo openvpn corp.ovpn, which prompts for a private key password) Right ...
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GL.iNet Router Connects to WireGuard VPN but Has No Internet Access (Debian Server with Pi-hole DNS)
I’ve set up a WireGuard VPN server on a rented virtual server running Debian. The configuration is as follows: List item Server OS: Debian (12) VPN: WireGuard DNS: Pi-hole running on the same ...
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bash nmcli cmd reporting Error: invalid extra argument '--autoconnect=false'
I want to import my vpn.conf file using nmcli and set autoconnect to 0, otherwise it defaults to 1 Apparently the correct way is by specifying --autoconnect=false flag, but this results in error. ...
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