ASUS RT-AC66U Router OpenVPN Settings Help Needed
Hi All,
As the title clearly states I have a ASUS RT-AC66U router and need help setting up an OpenVPN connection.
I currently have PPTP set up, no issues with it other than it can be a bit slow some times. I understand from my very limited knowledge that OpenVPN should yield some better speeds for me.
Initially (just a quick background story) I was hoping to use the VPN on my Synology DS1511+ NAS and DX510 to create a tunnel for the Transmission / Download Station app to be able to mask only the torrent activity. I have since learned that this can be a real pain to set up and there's no kill switch support from the device anyway.
Therefore I figured I'd just mask everything at home and chuck the settings on the router - less for the wife to worry about that way. After setting up SMTP servers correctly for email mail clients on our Mac's and iPhones it's pretty much all done. I've requested support from PIA but they basically said unless I flash my router then they wouldn't help.
So, this is what I have so far. Please tell me what I need to do. I'm new to this and although I'm pretty tech savvy, this is a new area for me, so please explain clearly. I really don't want to have to flash the router, though I do have an old WNDR3700 with DD-WRT on it in a drawer and might get that out one night and see if I can get that working.
Sorry, the picture's don't reflect exactly the wording above them, but you get the idea - follow the wording.
1. As you can see I can set up and have working PPTP no problem.
2. If I set up an OpenVPN connection and upload the .ovpn file I get a ‘Lack of certificate revocation’ error. I tried the connection, but it will not connect.
3. I try going to the manual settings. I add the certificate revocation list information + paste the full ca into it's correct area including the '----begin / end-----' info. Still the connection does not work.
4. The manual settings screen I see.
I see other info floating around advising I should change the DNS servers, happy to do that - apart from quicker addressing would this actually affect the OpenVPN settings? (I think not, but advise me if I'm wrong). What am I missing?
Comments
Thank you for posting on our forums. I'm afraid that we don't have support documentation for setting up a router that isn't using a supported firmware, but other members here may have found methods of making a connection on this specific firmware. They're incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. I hope you can make this work and thank you very much for using our service!
don't expect good speeds with the AC66 - maybe 10megabits/sec
http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/
*Edit* The link to Merlin changed.
BTW, one thing to do for ease is combine the ca.crt content in the ovpn file for 1 click upload to router or other openvpn client.
I have these lines in my .ovpn config file to do that.
ca ca.crt
ca [inline]
<ca>
paste whole cert content here
</ca>