Marin
Very Senior Member
I have installed the latest Merlin firmware (384_2) in this router and I love it so far. The only thing that I am still trying to make work is the VPN section. I use ExpressVPN and the speeds that I am getting are low (15Mbps in a 80 Mbps from ISP).
I was able to set up two VPN clients but I noticed on the VPN status page this AM that both clients had been activated and were ON. I was under the impression that when one client is activated the other one is turned off. That is how it was on the original Asus firmware. I wonder what really happened here.
Also, before this I was using an Asus RT-AC87U that had the ExpressVPN app (DD-WRT) installed in it and the speeds were quite better compared to what I am getting now (30Mbps or so). I so wish I could replicate those app settings in this router too.
I have read that DNS settings in the VPN section of Asuswrt-Merlin should be set as “Exclusive” when using any VPN in general. Do any of you have any experiences with using other open DNS providers with your VPN (Google, Cloudflate, etc)? If yes, what were your DNS settings in the VPN tab set as (strict, relaxed, etc)?
I’m general, do you have any recommendations on what the best VPN settings should be (and the ones to tweak) in this router with the latest Merlin firmware in it?
Thank you very much!
I was able to set up two VPN clients but I noticed on the VPN status page this AM that both clients had been activated and were ON. I was under the impression that when one client is activated the other one is turned off. That is how it was on the original Asus firmware. I wonder what really happened here.
Also, before this I was using an Asus RT-AC87U that had the ExpressVPN app (DD-WRT) installed in it and the speeds were quite better compared to what I am getting now (30Mbps or so). I so wish I could replicate those app settings in this router too.
I have read that DNS settings in the VPN section of Asuswrt-Merlin should be set as “Exclusive” when using any VPN in general. Do any of you have any experiences with using other open DNS providers with your VPN (Google, Cloudflate, etc)? If yes, what were your DNS settings in the VPN tab set as (strict, relaxed, etc)?
I’m general, do you have any recommendations on what the best VPN settings should be (and the ones to tweak) in this router with the latest Merlin firmware in it?
Thank you very much!