openwebif refuse to connect

Hi all,

I need your help. I'm having a problem with connect to openwebif outside of my network as I am using vpn.

What I did is I have installed openvpn on my octagon sf8008 stb. I have created the openvpn directory in the etc folder and I have uploaded the .ovpn file in the 'etc/openvpn' folder. Then I changed the filename to client.conf. I have set the autostart and I have start the openvpn so the current status is running.

I have set the 'enable access from vpns' in the openwebif setting.

When I try to connect to openwebif: https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9983, it said:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx refused to connect.

I don't really understand why it have refused to connect when I have set it up correctly.

How I can find out if my stb is connected to vpn server?

If my stb is connected to vpn, then I want to know how I can find out what the caused of the blocked?

I have already set the open port forward in the openwebif setting and in my stb via my router > nat:

sf8008 ETHWAN 192.168.1.202 9983 9983 9983 9983 TCP

The name of the router I am using is: VMG1312-B10D.

I have set the firewall level to low setting and it is still the same.

Do you know why it is refused to connect?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

does anyone know???????????

Quote from _Gigino_

have you tried http:// instead of https:// ?

What browser do you use?

Yes I have. I have tested with connected to the vpn and it wasnt worked so I had to do it all over again and now I have got the openvpn working.

The VPN ip show: 94.10x.xx.xx

I have added the open port forward in the router using NAT, so when I try to connect to the vpn with open port, example:

http://94.10x.xx.xx:9983/

It say refused to connect, I have made some changes in the NAT as I have tried to use it with WAN interface such as WWAN, ADSL, VDSL and ETHWAN and I also tried to use the protocol type TCP and UDP sometime it said "take too long to response" and sometimes it said "refused to connect".

I have changed the WAN interface to default and I have changed the protocol type to t to TCP, it still saying "take too long to response"

I have also try to use my external ip: http://79.xx.xx.xx:9983/

It still say the same as it take too long to response. I have also set the firewall level to low, medium and high, still say the same.

Here is the NAT (Port forwarding) that I have set in the router:

WAN Interface: Default

The start port i use: 9983

The end port i use: 9983

The translation start port i use: 9983

The translation end port i use: 9983

Server IP Address: 192.168.1.202

Protocol: TCP

Any idea??

I have got it working, I can now access to openwebif using my external ip.

When I click on the stream, I'm getting an error:

Your input can't be opened:

VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://79.xx.xx.xx:8001/1:0:19:718:C5A8:16E:A00000:0:0:0:?bitrate=1500000?width=720?height=576?vcodec=h265?aspectratio=2?interlaced=0'. Check the log for details.

How I can enable the stream?