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I have been trying to get this to work after factory resetting my nano.... this is what I got when I navigated to the config '/etc/config' directory. As you said, there wasn't ca CACertificate.crt cert UserCertificate.crt key PrivateKey.key Files in the directory... Do I have to go to expressvpn to get those files, if so how? I have attached a putty terminal to /etc/config. Thanks for your help.

I tried going through the steps again. A new issue pop'd up. Whenever I reboot the nano, It seems like the nano is trying to open a captive portal... but it just opens a browser up to msn.com.... what is this?

I am curious. Is there a way to make the nano auto connect to known networks?

😑 this is disappointing.

Welp... I have already held the button for 10 seconds.... :P

Nope. After the failed run... it renders the nano unresponsive. I am now in the process of wiping and rebooting....

When I ran the openvpn /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf command; this is what the process that the nano took, but it failed. Sat Oct 10 00:35:39 2020 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019, LZO 2.10 Enter Auth Username:******** Enter Auth Password:********* Sat Oct 10 00:36:52 2020 WARNING: --ns-cert-type is DEPRECATED. Use --remote-ce rt-tls instead. Sat Oct 10 00:36:52 2020 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 512 bit message hash 'SHA512' for HMAC authentication Sat Oct 10 00:36:52 2020 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 512 bit message hash 'SHA512' for HMAC authentication Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_I NET]142.91.5.40:1195 Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 Socket Buffers: R=[163840->327680] S=[163840->327680] Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 UDP link local: (not bound) Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]142.91.5.40:1195 Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]142.91.5.40:1195, sid =5d24a25c 47a0d958 Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memo ry -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=VG, ST=BVI, O=ExpressVPN, OU=Expr essVPN, CN=ExpressVPN CA, emailAddress=support@expressvpn.com Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 VERIFY OK: nsCertType=SERVER Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 VERIFY X509NAME OK: C=VG, ST=BVI, O=ExpressVPN, OU=Expr essVPN, CN=Server-5357-1a, emailAddress=support@expressvpn.com Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=VG, ST=BVI, O=ExpressVPN, OU=Expr essVPN, CN=Server-5357-1a, emailAddress=support@expressvpn.com Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 Control Channel: TLSv1.3, cipher TLSv1.3 TLS_AES_256_GC M_SHA384, 2048 bit RSA Sat Oct 10 00:36:53 2020 [Server-5357-1a] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INE T]142.91.5.40:1195 Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 SENT CONTROL [Server-5357-1a]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1 ) Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-ga teway def1,dhcp-option DNS 10.172.0.1,comp-lzo no,route 10.172.0.1,topology net3 0,ping 10,ping-restart 60,ifconfig 10.172.0.86 10.172.0.85,peer-id 20,cipher AES -256-GCM' Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: compression parms modified Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: peer-id set Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: adjusting link_mtu to 1629 Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 OPTIONS IMPORT: data channel crypto options modified Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 Data Channel: using negotiated cipher 'AES-256-GCM' Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 NCP: overriding user-set keysize with default Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 Outgoing Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key Sat Oct 10 00:36:54 2020 Incoming Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-256-GCM' initialized with 256 bit key

by .config, do you mean .ovpn? expressvpn doesn't give a .config file.

Isn't there a directory for the modules within the pineapple nano? Maybe I could go in and change a line or 2 in order to get the auto start on the VPN to work.

:( Yea the "running..." status is through the web gui. Its always a hit or a miss when it comes to the web gui interface. Aw man... I guess I have to manually start the VPN and pain stakingly input the login creds of expressVPN and use the vpn that way... Please let me know when/if you get it to work....

Yes indeed. I am on the latest firmware version. By the way, is there still a way to get the holder, battery and the wifi dongle for my nano?

Yea the VPN client works via the GUI when I start it manually, it is a hit or a miss whether it is actually running or not though. It was confusing for a while, eventually I understood that 'running...' means the VPN actually turned on. It seems to work without a hitch with a VPN server without login creds (i.e. my router's built in VPN server); but with expressVPN its a hassle, hence me wanting to automate the thing.

Hello. I am wanting to autostart openvpn on the wifi pineapple nano. I have a open vpn subscription with expressVPN. I can go through the GUI and configure the vpn manually, but I would much rather have it autostart when the pineapple NANO is powered. How do I go about doing this? I have been going through the forum and trying what is recommended. I have downloaded the certificate from expressVPN and had it upload to the pineapple. How do I autostart the vpn client with the credentials provided by expressVPN to login to their server? Also, How do I make it so that the NANO allows for more than 5mb on the wifi connection?

I am attempting to use the VPN funtion on the pineapple nano, but when I enter the necessary data it appears to be connected and running. When I use the connection and check using express VPN's leak test, it is in fact not working... How do you get the VPN module on the nano to work? Also is there a way to make the nano auto connect on startup?

DAMN... I feel fucken stupid... I got the wifi connection to my main router to work... I have spent countless hours looking up how to go about connecting to a wifi connection... even going to a wifi dongle... It hit me... the NANO has 2 radios... that is what made me realize that I was extremely stupid...