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Many Mullvad configs not working anymore (with fix)

Open ron-1986 opened this issue 1 year ago • 4 comments

The included Mullvad configs don't work anymore. Some connect, some don't. Many of the servers changed. To fix it do the following:

  • Login to your Mullvad account.
  • Get the current configs: https://mullvad.net/en/account/openvpn-config.
  • Choose "Windows" as download format. That will create the needed .ovpn files for you.
  • Unzip the file you downloaded.
  • Remove the lines with "service mullvadopenvpn" and "block-outside-dns" from the .ovpn config files. I am not sure about the implications of this, but otherwise it did not work for me. My implemented openvpn client did not understand these config options and failed with an error. Maybe this differs from system to system but on my Kodi box it did not work. Maybe try with these options first and remove them only if you run into problems.
  • Import the config files directory as a "User Defined VPN".
  • Manualy set username and password. Username is your account number. Password is "m".

Mullvad works now.

For the motivated: If you are willing to automate the process, all current Mullvad servers can be retrieved via Mullvads API: https://api-www.mullvad.net/www/relays/all/

ron-1986 avatar Nov 08 '24 12:11 ron-1986

Thanks for this. I just started with service.vpn.manager and have Mullvad and ran into this setting it up this morning. Appreciate it.

jgdf42 avatar Nov 08 '24 19:11 jgdf42

Mullvad writes on a blog post that it will start from Friday to remove OpenVPN from its app. https://mullvad.net/en/blog/removing-openvpn-15th-january-2026 According to the vpn service, this process may be completed earlier than the proposed date.

BrodjagaRatnik avatar Nov 10 '24 17:11 BrodjagaRatnik

Mullvad writes on a blog post that it will start from Friday to remove OpenVPN from its app. https://mullvad.net/en/blog/removing-openvpn-15th-january-2026 According to the vpn service, this process may be completed earlier than the proposed date.

Does this mean there's no alternative for CoreELEC or will service.vpn.manager still work?

jgdf42 avatar Nov 10 '24 18:11 jgdf42

Some KODI-distributions like LibreElec have support for Wireguard. But no GUI yet, no easy switching of connections. https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/wireguard

ron-1986 avatar Nov 10 '24 21:11 ron-1986