User -> Tor -> VPN -> Internet - 4.1 broken?

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I’ve found the solution! But unfortunately it isn’t a nice one. After starting openvpn session, we can see output of ip neigh:

bash-5.1# ip neigh show
10.137.0.6 dev eth0 lladdr fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff PERMANENT
212.129.0.80 dev eth0  INCOMPLETE

which of course happens because for some reason this ARP request isn’t answered. To fix this, simply execute arp -s IP -i eth0 fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, where IP is the IP address who’s ARP request fails (in cryptofree’s case, it is 212.129.0.80). Then, ip neigh show will output

bash-5.1# ip neigh show
10.137.0.6 dev eth0 lladdr fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff PERMANENT
212.129.0.80 dev eth0 lladdr fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff PERMANENT

and the ARP requests will stop, and VPN will work just as you’d expect.

Unfortunately, starting the connection everytime, you will probably have to do this. The real question is why does this ARP request fail? There is no easy way to script this either

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