From d11a532f5c9310226c4d7adccb7ab3b62e8e5221 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 01:39:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] wireguard: added troubleshooting --- wiki/vpn.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/wiki/vpn.md b/wiki/vpn.md index f7fc530..554cf9e 100644 --- a/wiki/vpn.md +++ b/wiki/vpn.md @@ -80,3 +80,18 @@ When starting and stopping wireguard with `wg-quick` the corresponding number should be used. Alternatively also other names not including `wg` can be used. The term `wg0` the incremented version of it has to be changed accordingly then. + +### Troubleshooting (WG) + +This section addresses various errors and ways how to troubleshoot them. + +#### Unknown Device Type / Protocol Not Supported + +Especially when running `wg-quick up wg0` this error can appear. +The most probable source of this error is that the version of the package +`linux` doesn't match with the version of the [wireguard package](#client-wg) or +the system has been updated and the system wasn't restarted causing the same +problem. +To fix this `linux` can be reinstalled but a full update of the system is +recommended. +Because it changes the kernel the system needs to be restarted afterwards.