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madla
Newbie Caller
Hace 9 meses

Can't connect to AWS VPN starting this year

I use AWS VPN to connect to my work. There are times when I'm on the road and need to connect to work. I used to be able to just use my T-mobile hotspot from my Mac and work anywhere I had T-mobile c...
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  • richhanbidge's avatar
    richhanbidge
    Hace 7 meses

    I'm able to work around this (or a similar) issue by tethering via USB from my Pixel while connecting with the AWS VPN client. I would get this error:

    The VPN connection is being terminated due to a discrepancy between the IP address of the connected server and the expected VPN server IP. Please contact your network administrator for assistance in resolving this issue.

    Presumably from this requirement which is relatively new:

    The Client VPN service requires that the IP address the client is connected to matches the IP that the Client VPN endpoint's DNS name resolves to. In other words, if you set a custom DNS record for the Client VPN endpoint, then forward the traffic to the actual IP address the endpoint's DNS name resolves to, this setup will not work using recent AWS-provided clients. This rule was added to mitigate a server IP attack as described here: TunnelCrack.

     

    Fuente: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-admin/what-is-best-practices.html

    HTH!

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Metroidhunter10
Newbie Caller
Hace 9 meses

Couldn't have said it better myself. I have to travel a lot for my spouse's complex medical condition and need my hotspot to work with AWS VPN that my company uses and since this year I have not been able to do so.

I've read that T-Mobile is not ipv6-exclusive.  Prior to this year, I had to turn off ipv6 to get AWS VPN to work without an IP address mismatch error. Now when I turn off ipv6 on my computer's wifi settings I just lose internet signal connection on my hotspot.