Unable to connect to pihole VPN when on LTE and public wifi

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Hi everyone,

So I tried to install PiVPN in combination with my Pi-hole in order to block ads while using LTE. The vpn works perfectly with my phone while I'm on home wifi but it cannot connect when I'm on LTE or public wifi. Could somebody help me please ?

Here is my server.conf file:
dev tun
proto udp
port 1194
ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/issued/server_8iRqzKNya57V8nf0.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/private/server_8iRqzKNya57V8nf0.key
dh none
topology subnet
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
push "dhcp-option DNS 192.168.0.xx"
push "redirect-gateway def1"
client-to-client
keepalive 10 120
remote-cert-tls client
tls-version-min 1.2
tls-crypt /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/pki/ta.key
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA256
compress lz4
user nobody
group nogroup
persist-key
persist-tun
crl-verify /etc/openvpn/crl.pem
status /var/log/openvpn-status.log 20
status-version 3
syslog
verb 3

Here is my setupVars.conf file in Pihole folder:
piholeInterface=eth0
piholeInterface=tun0
WEBPASSWORD=xxxxxx3d60x32211b712cxxxxx940195347xxxxae4bx53ebfbxxxxxx
PIHOLE_INTERFACE=wlan0
IPV4_ADDRESS=192.168.0.xx/24
IPV6_ADDRESS=
PIHOLE_DNS_1=199.85.126.10
PIHOLE_DNS_2=199.85.127.10
QUERY_LOGGING=true
INSTALL_WEB=true
LIGHTTPD_ENABLED=1

Here is my 01-pihole.conf file:

addn-hosts=/etc/pihole/gravity.list
addn-hosts=/etc/pihole/black.list
addn-hosts=/etc/pihole/local.list

localise-queries

no-resolv

cache-size=10000

log-queries=extra
log-facility=/var/log/pihole.log

local-ttl=2

log-async
server=199.85.126.10
server=199.85.127.10
interface=tun0

listen-address=127.0.0.1
listen-address=192.168.0.xx

I have tried many ways that I found online but the VPN still ends up disconnecting when I'm on LTE
Thank you!

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hi,

it seems like that this is more a pivpn related question. you should first check their forums.

because to my knowledge, a successfull configured pivpn installation just "uses" your pihole setup. you dont hae to configure anything in pihole. perhaps in your home router, but again thats more a pivpn topic

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Did you forward the port 1194 on your router?

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I did configure the port 1194 in the server.conf file for vpn. But I don't know how to do that on my router.

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It's different method for different router. Find your router model here and after portforwarding check whether it's open or not using port check tool

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