OpenVPN server with port 1194 not working with JioFiber

[jimmyedaga]

I recently got a TP-Link AX10 router to set up an OpenVPN, so I could access my home files, use geo-locked abroad and allow my family to connect to my home network. I connected the router to the JioFiber router. I completed the set-up of creating OpenVPN, setting up a DDNS but I was not able to connect the VPN, I figured out that port 1194 was not open. The port required for OpenVPN is 1194. I tried to set a port trigger in the TP link router and a port forward to the tp link router from the JioFiber router in the Jiofiber router's settings but no luck. Is there any way to get this to work? is there a way to ask Jio to open up the port?

 

[tr1k0N4]

Brdr, you can't make OpenVPN work on CGNAT

 

[jimmyedaga]

Is there any way to access my home network outside without OpenVPN?

 

[Gaurav15]

You can use ipv6

 

[jimmyedaga]

@Gaurav15 Thank you that is really helpful, I'm new to this, could you elaborate on how I can set it up, I read a bit and found the place to set up ipv6 on the jio router, I'm not sure what to add as the domain name

 

[tr1k0N4]

TP-Link Archer AX10 doesn't support OpenWRT with IPv6, so you'll have to use an additional device something like a raspberry Pi.

 

[jimmyedaga]

Are there other ISPs that allow me to access my home network remotely? Right now, Jio seems adamant about not giving out static IPs for normal use. I also heard about portmap.io. Would that be an option?

 

[tr1k0N4]

Don't know about portmap.io, but if you get something like a raspberry Pi or any sbc, you can do n number of solutions to access your home network, brdr, despite the CGNAT.
It's a one-time investment that'll go a long way.

Please note that a lot of ISPs are using CGNAT nowadays or are shifting to CGNAT gradually so you'll have to get a static IP by spending extra, if you choose to go that route.