Hello all,
Big time beginner here at administering my own home server. I do admit, I've been getting help from ChatGPT for a lot of the configurations and just recently it steered me way wrong and now I'm suffering the consequences.
I was having issues getting OpenVPN and Wireguard to route traffic properly (whatsmyip.com was still displaying my routers public IP even while connected to either OpenVPN or Wireguard). That was my first problem. Whilst troubleshooting the issue, I was instructed to use the command iptables -F and immediately lost connection through ssh. I hopped back into the server and reestablished the ssh connection, but quickly realized that I no longer had access to the internet for updates or installations. Now ChatGPT is advising me to reinstall the iptables, only I do not have access to an internet connection.
I've tried rewriting the iptables and routings. It was like everything was back to normal, yet still I have no connection to the internet. I can however ping my gateway ip, but anything else it's like I broke everyhing; honestly I'm 2 seconds from reinstalling debian on my machine... but before i do that, can anyone please tell me this is just a big noob moment and help me fix it?
Sorry for any lack of important information, just ask and I'll supply it.
Thanks
Big time beginner here at administering my own home server. I do admit, I've been getting help from ChatGPT for a lot of the configurations and just recently it steered me way wrong and now I'm suffering the consequences.
I was having issues getting OpenVPN and Wireguard to route traffic properly (whatsmyip.com was still displaying my routers public IP even while connected to either OpenVPN or Wireguard). That was my first problem. Whilst troubleshooting the issue, I was instructed to use the command iptables -F and immediately lost connection through ssh. I hopped back into the server and reestablished the ssh connection, but quickly realized that I no longer had access to the internet for updates or installations. Now ChatGPT is advising me to reinstall the iptables, only I do not have access to an internet connection.
I've tried rewriting the iptables and routings. It was like everything was back to normal, yet still I have no connection to the internet. I can however ping my gateway ip, but anything else it's like I broke everyhing; honestly I'm 2 seconds from reinstalling debian on my machine... but before i do that, can anyone please tell me this is just a big noob moment and help me fix it?
Sorry for any lack of important information, just ask and I'll supply it.
Thanks
Statistics: Posted by NotreTerre — 2025-01-23 21:16 — Replies 2 — Views 55