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I have TUF-AX6000 gateway and two RT-AX59U in AP mode (NOT aimesh) Using wireguard, I am able to access gateway (192.168.1.1) but una ble to access AP (they have fixed Ip) I am also able to access Ip cams etc. I am able to access Ap configuring wiregaurd as LAN EXTENSION but thois configuration...

I tried to follow the official ASUS FAQ how to setup a site to site wireguard conection. The conection does get established and is apparently working. The problem I find is how to tell the router what devices on the server site I want to route through the VPN to the client site. VPN Director...

I have wireguard servers set up on two Asus routers (an AX88 and an AX86pro) running Merlin. They are joined site to site, and on each I've generated client configurations for a stable of laptops and travel routers to connect to one or the other. That all works fine, although there are things I...

I have a WG server on my AX-86U running Merlin. My peers are a GL-inet travel router and my phone. I have access to LAN from remote, and some webpages but not all. Google, Reddit, and webmail sites are blocked. Bing, news and sports sites work. I am trying to run the WGS traffic through my...

hi all, i tried searching the forum and wasn't able to locate anything. i have an rt-ax88u. i understand that i can run up to five simultaneous wireguard instances, and can use the director to specify that local ips can be directed to use a spcific instance. what i would like to do is have a...

Got a GT-AX11000 with 1gig internet, just spent two hours resetting router and slowly testing all of my settings to narrow down what was causing slow speeds. Realized the slow speeds was due to setting my devices to use the wireguard client. Not even turning the wireguard client on causes the...

Hey Folks, Curious if anyone else has seen this behavior. I've had two BT10's running pretty well for the past 3 months. Have 1Gb ethernet to the house, and both nodes are ethernet backhaul connected and set up for this use. Have been seeing this issue though of, upon setting up a...

I have an RT-BE88U router. The Wireguard VPN server (10.6.0.1/32) is enabled. The "Access Intranet" and "Allow DNS" options are disabled. However, a client connected to this server can access the router's login (192.168.50.1). For security, I tried enabling https login on the router. I...

I searched but didn't find answer. I have WireGuard Server set up on port 51820. When I go to public networks it looks like connected but no internet. I found this on the internet "Many public/guest networks only allow common web and mail traffic and either block or aggressively shape...

RTRMON v2.3.1 Released March 8, 2026 RTRMON v2.4.0 Beta 3 -- Available Here -- New: Syslog page, WAN0/1 Speedtests, GT-BE19000AI Compatibility Executive Summary: RTRMON is a shell script that provides near-realtime stats about your Asus-Merlin firmware router. Instead of having to find this...

Hello everyone, I have the following question: I recently updated my BE86u to 3006.102.6 from stock and then performed a factory reset. I configured Wireguard Server on the router, but I've noticed that it's not reaching the speed I have contracted with my ISP. I've run tests from several...

I have been using YazFi script to set up my different guest networks to use different OVPN clients. I have read all the posts about getting YazFi to (maybe) work with Wireguard and roughly know about state of Yazfi to date. High level question: Is there a way to set up my different guest...

Hi All, I am trying to replace my OpenVPN setup with a Wireguard one and am being let down by one device in the chain. This was in the hope that the connection would be faster on Wireguard. Property 1 has an AX86U running the latest Merlin Firmware, with Wireguard VPN's set up on the router...

My home network is behind a CGNAT and I would like to access a couple of computers on the network remotely. I have used the Hub and Spoke guide. The router at home is an AX-86U running 3004.388.10.12. I have set up a VPS running a wireguard server. I have tried a couple of setups and I cannot...

Hello everyone. I wonder it is possible to run more than one server instance on WG VPN? If i login to router via SSH and tap "wg" it's showing me wgs1 interface with connected peers but i didn't found any configuration file. In /etc/wg/ directory i see files like server1_client1.conf...

In the following scenario: Server has a public IP address that changes regularly. This IP address is correctly updated via DDNS. This server runs a WireGuard server. Router connects to Server as a WireGuard client, using Server’s domain name. Since firmware version 3004.388.9, Router can no...

I am followed instructions to add ProtonVPN to my Asus RT-AX86U pro.... (downloaded a config file from ProtonVPN - uploaded it into VPN Director... enabled... It looks as if I'm connected ok - but my external IP never changes... (log below). I tried removing my DNS entries also but that didn't...

Hi My AX88U continues to serve me well, except when being used as a VPN client.... Now that we have moved to a FTTP connection, full fibre, and have started with a 500Mb connection it is proving too much to expect the venerable, but good, router to be able to cope when used as a VPN client...

Evening, Ever since i set up my two PiHoles, one behind Proxmox and the other on Bare-Metal, I've been trying to get my Wireguard server that is hosted on my Asus RT-AX86U to make use of my DNS-Sinkholes, every forum topic i visit people say to just edit the DNS = field on the client to point...

Hi, I'm having issues where WireGuard connects (takes 15 seconds to get status / connects), but it does not route traffic through it. And if I turn off OpenVPN, then it says "connected" but there is no internet at all. Just to clarify, I m using two clients, OpenVPN and WireGuard (testing)...

I've been using using OpenVPN with this router and previous ones I've owned. Today I tried to use wireguard. I enabled wireguard and used the QR code to configure wireguard in android smartphone. When I activate Wireguard at the smartphone I loose connection to the internet and I'm unable to...

Hi all, I’m looking for some advice or real-world experience using AdGuard Home together with an Wireguard VPN connection to block or filter advertisements on streaming TV services from the UK, Canada, and Australia. Has anyone successfully managed this setup for this purpose? I understand...

I have been testing the VPNMON-R3 script against WireGuard clients and when trying to start the Client after a failure I have noticed that the script is writing the server name to the following fields and as a result messing up the configuration: Description Private Key Server Public Key...

Dear All, ,I am having a routing issue with the WireGuard server on my GT-AX6000 running the latest Merlin firmware (3006.102.5).The client connects successfully (handshake is complete), but there is no access to the LAN or the WAN.Troubleshooting steps taken:- "Intranet Access" is set to ON...

Hello, my wireguard server sometimes stop working after auto reboot schedule. The switch for wireguard server stays ON but the clients aren't able to connect. The fix I found is to manually turn off the wireguard server and then start it again after which my devices are able to connect to the...

Since the new Merlin update, I can no longer access the internet with Wireguard. Neither with my Windows PC nor with my Android mobile. Can anyone help me?

Automating ProtonVPN Port Forwarding with qBittorrent (WireGuard + Asuswrt-Merlin) 🎯 Objective This guide explains how to automatically update qBittorrent’s listening port with the current port forwarded by ProtonVPN when using WireGuard on Asuswrt-Merlin. Why? ProtonVPN rotates your...

I have installed latest GNUTON (MERLIN) firmware in my RT-AX82U working as gateway, with RT-AX57 in wired AP mode I had some problems with certain IoT devices in RT-AX82U. Now, WLAN is solid as a rock. GNUTON firmware has all things I want. Now I am doing about 100 Mb/s WIREGUARD, In the lower...

Hey everyone, I have an ASUS AC88U. Is there any possibility it will be able to use WireGuard? I have already upgraded it to latest Merlin RT-AC88U_386.14_2.zip

I am trying to maximize WIREGUARD performance on my RT-AX82U. It does about 140/140 Mb down/up I have installe by first time last GNUTON-MERLIN FIRMWARE I thing GUi information is better, more information, features etc. BUT in wireguard now router do 140/60 Mb down/up TWO QUESTIONS: 1) In...

Hello everyone, Environment: ASUS RT-AX88U, current firmware (388.9_2) First kudos on the people that fixed the old WireGuard clashes with NAT Acceleration. I'm glad that's history. I use WireGuard between my Mom's network, and my home network, and previously was using separate devices for...

This is a continuation of a discussion sparked by @jsbeddow here. This have been requested a couple of times, by me as well so I figured it is time to write down something to get things going. This have been confirmed working on RT-AX86U running 388.9_2. Thanks for reporting @NoName79 I have...

I'm having issues with NordVPN Wireguard setup in Asus Merlin 3006.102.5 on my Asus GT-AX11000 pro and I posted about it in the main FW thread, then was asked by @MDM and @bennor to make a new thread with settings since it's likely a config issue. Sorry it took so long to get back to you guys -...

Hi. My device: Asus AX88U Pro running latest stock firmware My base internet speed: 500Mbps symetrical Download/Upload. I would like to know, whether OpenVPN or Wireguard is better for me personally and my use case. I want to have my two TVs which use Chromecast with Google TV stick to be...

I've been trying to set up WireGuard server on my AX88U router in order to access LAN resources from anywhere using my Android phone. The only way I've been able to get it to work is to set the tunnel IP to the same IP as the router LAN IP (192.168.1.1), and set the client IP to an IP in the LAN...

I´ve updated the firmware RT-AX88U_PRO_3006_102.5_0_nand_squashfs. I use WireGuard VPN, but when I´ve updated the firmware, I can´t connect to the intranet. If I use OpenVPN, I can connect to the intranet, only have a problem with WireGuard.

VPNMON-R3 v1.9.1 Updated March 14, 2026 Executive Summary: VPNMON-R3 (vpnmon-r3.sh) is an all-in-one script that is optimized to maintain multiple OpenVPN and Wireguard connections and is able to provide for the capabilities to randomly reconnect using a specified server list containing the...

I have the following configuration / setup on my router: Setup 1x OpenVPN client via user Merlin user interface Setup 5x Wireguard VPN clients via the Merlin user interface Router setup as an exit node for Tailscale (via tailmon) Use VPN director to route Tailscale IPv4s into VPN tunnels with...

Hello everyone, I am experiencing a security issue with the Asus RT-BE88U router (firmware 3006.102.4) when using the built-in WireGuard VPN client. The native Kill Switch seems ineffective: It blocks DNS requests, But the WAN IP address remains exposed as soon as the VPN tunnel drops...

This thread will share the same essence as VPNMON-R3 Custom OVPN Server List Generation Tutorials and Examples; however, this is for generating WireGuard server lists. I currently only have Nord and Proton as VPN providers, so I'll focus on those for now. Current VPN Providers Supported that...

Hello, I am currently using Mullvad Wireguard VPN on my GT-AX6000 using Asuswrt-Merlin version 3006.102.4. I am able to use VPN Director and set clients that should be using the VPN. However, even if I set the DNS server in the Wireguard settings, it is using Mullvad's DNS servers. I want to...

Hello! I have an RT-AX88U PRO running Merlin firmware 3006.102.4. I'm trying to use the Dual WAN feature for failover between WAN connections. I'm seeing an interesting issue where if one be logged into the web admin screens from a device on the LAN (either wifi or hard wired), Ethernet LAN...

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I have installed OVPN server is working, but speed connecting to LAN is very slow. Have also installed a Wireguard server and it is working if connecting from the phone on cellular, but not from Wifi. I was suspecting a corporate wifi, possibly behind firewalls or something, but not sure how to...

Good morning, Roy here, Trying to configure Wireguard for my ASUS RT-AX86U Pro router w/Asuswrt-Merlin using the instructions located here, https://support.ipvanish.com/hc/en-us/articles/32477102551707-WireGuard-setup-for-AsusWRT-routers. After which, when I use IPVanish IP checker, it displays...

Hi all, I have enabled Wireguard on my Router, ax3000 v2. Everything works as expected but when connected to the VPN (and I'm not under my home network) I can't reach other devices via name. For example, from home, whether the VPN is active or on my laptop, I can access my NAS both via IP...

Hi, I'm currently running 3006.102.4 on my ax86u_pro. On this I have configured a wireguard server and an openvpn client (to external vpn provider). Here are my vpn director rules The wireguard server has 'allow dns' and 'enable nat - ipv6' enabled, with tunnel IPv4 Address of...

I am testing on my AX88U Pro router with Asus Merlin 3006.102.4 which acts as a VPN server. In this case I am comparing the performance between OpenVPN and Wireguard, because Wireguard is supposed to give better speeds but this is not happening and I don't know why. To do the tests I have...

Hello Everybody its my first post, because i canno find solution for my problem. So, i have Router ZenWiFi Pro ET12 with two others ZenWiFi Pro ET12 as the mesh AP plus ZenWiFi XD6S. In the network i have old NAS Asustor AS6302T with running qBittorrent. On nas its also activated NordVpn for...

Hello all! I recently upgraded my router from RT-AX86U to RT-BE92U. The transition has gone very smoothly with one small exception concering VPNs. Since the introduction of Wireguard in Asus/Merlin firmware, I have had the following VPN setup: 1. WG Client towards 3rd-party VPN for WAN traffic...

I have a Zen WiFi Pro ET 12 on the latest firmware 3.0.0.6.102_36602. OpenVPN is configured and working well. Dual WAN setup, different ISP's I am trying to configure WireGuard as a backup option in case OpenVPN fails and I found the following: My DDNS is setup on the secondary WAN and that...

I am running a Wireguard VPN server on my home Asus RT-AX86U router on the Merlin firmware. I need to permanently stay connected to this home VPN server from work to ensure my files remain synced between my work PC and my home server. At the same time, my home router needs to stay connected to...

I'm running the Wireguard VPN server on an RT-AX86U. I use 3 clients: 1 android, 1 Win 10 and 1 Win 11 client. Config files are identical except for the address and keys. I can access my LAN devices and Samba shares without issue on the android and the Win 10 clients. I cannot access...

Hey all, I have 2 PiHoles setup and working forever on my local network, no issues there. I am trying to set Wireguard in Merlin to work with my Pihole when I am away. I have the piholes set to "permit all organs" I see the blue dot when I connect to wireguard in the Asus webpage\VPN. But it...

Hello. Please help me set up a VPN connection via WireGuard VPN I have a connection via WireGuard VPN but I can't connect to the disk connected to the router - in the previous software from the 3.0.0.4.388 series ... there were no problems in the software: 3.0.0.6.102 .... there are problems (it...

Whenever I enable wireguard client connection my wan speed drops. My internet connection is 1Gbps down. I have to remove the wireguard client settings and reboot the router to get the speed back to normal. Did search the forums and some people were talking about NAT acceleration being disabled...

Hey, I am a bit lost after trying different things and I do not 100% understand the settings and specific wireguard restrictions. On the ASUS website, I found the following description of how to configure Wireguard VPN: https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1048281/ Basically, I have a local and...

I have an Asus GT-AX6000 that is currently unused and using the latest Merlin non-beta release. If I upload a WG conf file to the GT-AX6000 with the line "IncludedApplications = com.disney.disneyplus", would this work to have the router only send Disney traffic through my network. My parents...

Hello! Will the WireGuard client in Asuswrt-merlin prioritize to use #1 vpn server all the time when it is online? For example: if #1 VPN-server goes offline, it failover to #2 VPN-server. But will it jump back to #1 VPN-server when its online again? I hope you could understand my bad...

Hello people! Which router would you recommend to use as a stable VPN client running 24/7? I would like the router to support: 1. WireGuard client that can connect to, for example, OVPN.com with a dedicated Swedish IP. 2. Kill-Switch (if the VPN goes down, you should not be able to access the...

AmneziaWG purports to be a modified WireGuard protocol to circumvent DPI devices/software/tools in cases where ISPs are blocking VPN services using DPI methods. Has anyone had a chance to look this project over? Would you consider releasing a community addon for Asuswrt-Merlin if it could be...

Hi All, I'm on 3006.102.3 with BE86U. I have set up wireguard for certain clients, and it works very well. However, I want to route certain domains through WAN and not through VPN. For example, I want to route *.noon.com to go through WAN. For some reason, these sites detect data center IPs...

hey, here's a script I've been working on to randomize wireguard connections. Ive set up wireguard clients 1-5 within the asus router gui. using the script, I can randomize which client to use. Hope you find it useful! Im using Mullvad, and ipinfo. Feel free to customize it to your liking...

Is anybody currently using the (unofficial) workaround for running a PIA Wireguard VPN client through their ASUS router (ASUSWRT-MERLIN firmware)? Or has anyone else tried it before, even if you’re no longer using this implementation? I had been considering trying it out, but I wanted folks’...

I have a WireGuard site-to-site VPN. I would like that devices located in VPN-server side could access to devices located in VPN-client side, while device from VPN-client side connects to internet using the tunnel. The part "VPN-client side connect to internet using the tunnel" is working fine...

I wonder if someone might be able to help me diagnose a problem with trying to get WireGuard on my Windows 11 laptop. It worked OK using my ISP's router and it works OK on my Android phone (using the QR code). I've attached the Wireguard log file. This is what I did:- Created a VPN user...

Hi everyone. I am running a GT-AXE16000 running on firmware: 3004.388.8_4. My WireGuard has stopped working out of nowhere. I can’t work out if it’s connected to a firmware update or not. I use the built in WireGuard server so I’m not sure how to trouble shoot. I just scanned the QR code...

Hello everyone, I have been having some odd issues with my Wireguard setup, that seem to be specific to how I use my router. The clients can reach the DNS server just fine, and get responses. However, the DNS Server seems to be failing in forwarding the answers it gets upstream in specific...

Hi, I've got a problem every time I reboot the device if I have a WireGuard client configured. Please does anyone have this device and use it with the latest version of Merlin as WireGuard client? As I have described in this post in the Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.3 release thread, when I reboot...

Hello First I should state that I'm not deeply technical. I used the surfshark VPN app and it has worked all the time on each device. However, I am in Costa Rica for an extended period (live in Nevada USA) and wanted to still watch my streaming shows. I have a few problems but I want to solve...

Is there a technical Reason why Wireguard profiles are limited to currently 10 i think? I know that you could reuse the same profile for multiple devices but for security reasons i would prefer not to.

Hi All. This is my first attempt to open a new thread here, so please bear with me. I use an additional hosts.add file to block unwanted phone home calls from my network. Every once in a while i update this file and re-attach it, this works fine for me. Now when i use WireGuard, all entries in...

I am trying to setup to WG connections in Fusion based on Surfshark. Unfortunately only one wg connection works at a time. If I look into the protocol, the only message I find is: rc_service: httpd 2426:notify_rc restart_vpnc Nothin else. Any idea? I am already using two separate key, and...

I have a WireGuard server running on my AX88U Pro. My WireGuard clients coming in from the WAN can access my LAN just fine. What it not working is this scenario. I have a local computer connected to a "test" router which is connected to my LAN via it's WAN port. The test router is on...

Hi everyone, this is my setup. If got a wireguard server at home and conect from a client installed in on a windows machine in my office. The office internet is routed by my trusty old AC68U with the latest firmware installed. Transfer will start at about 20MB/s and while it is happening every...

hello, my ISP provides ONLY ipv4 but I need ipv6 for work and home IOT. So I: - bought RPI5 housing with public ipv4/32 and ipv6/64 - setup wireguard on RPI5 - updated my rt-ax88u to merlin (3004.388.8) - setup WG client on merlin - resolved router restart wireguard conn persistence (nightmare)...

hello to all, - I have a “little advanced” knowledge of the router, I understand English at a basic level, and I need to use a translator to help me understand most of the time. - for some time, I try to run “Wireguard” on my router "ASUS RT-AX88U Pro", I can’t get it to work! when I activate...

Hi All, I have done a lot of testing on how to improve the VPN speeds over wireguard. Observation is that on every single reboot, the VPN will connect automatically as designed, however the speeds will be exactly limited to 150 Mbps. I have to manual disconnect and reconnect to get over 800 Mbps...

Hi All, I have tried the Wireguard on the BE86u and can achieve about 850 Mbps over a hard-wired connection on a 1Gbps line which is very good in my opinion. However, whenever I reboot the router, and the wireguard vpn connects, the speed is consistently limited to about 20-30 Mbps. I have to...

Hi folks. Recently, I tried to change DDNS provider from asuscomm.com to afraid.org On my RT-AX86U router, everything seems to be working fine. I exported WireGuard config profile for iPhone and it works fine with the iPhone. However, on my Windows laptop, I cannot get WireGuard to connect...

Is the wireguard client available to use either natively or with wireguard? I have not updated the firmware since 386.13_2. The router and the mesh has been rock solid since but I feel the need to install the wireguard VPN certificates.

Asus RG-58AXU Merlin FW v3004.388.8_4 Hi, first post after much lurking/searching. I have to believe that this is not an uncommon use case, but no joy so far for Asus Merlin/wireguard. I have a functional wireguard(server) vpn running in my RG-58AXU w/ one WAN Android client accessing my NVR...

Hi all, I am looking for the ssh commands to start and stop the Wireguard Server on my AX86U (like service start_vpnserver1, service stop_vpnserver1 for OpenVPN server). I did quite some search here and on google but could not find the answer at this time. Thanks, GS

I'm trying to setup vpn for all network attached devices but without the need to configure it on the devices itselves. The wireguard server is up&running and working because I have a VPN client for my mobile phones and they just work fine using local config on the mobile phone. For the other...

I just got an ASUS RT-AX58U to replace an old Linksys router that was running an old version of DD-WRT. Connected to the old router via ethernet was a GL.iNet travel router on which I had a Wireguard VPN server working perfectly. I was hoping I could just set up the new ASUS router (done), add...

I looked around and really couldn't find anything specific to my issue. I have Wireguard setup as a client which routes my entire LAN through the tunnel. In VPN Director, I have specific clients excluded from WG1 and use the WAN. To make the issue as specific as possible, for whatever reason...

Currently using Asus AX86U and running Merlin on my home network; there is no CGNAT with my Internet Service Provider. When I travel, I use the GLiNet Beryl AX in my hotel. I also need to log in to my office PC while I travel, using Citrix Workspace AnyConnect, to access the office VPN. This...

I took advantage of an Holidays discount to subscribe to a ProtonVPN account, to do better Wireguard testing than with my single core VPS. The results are interesting - better than I was expecting I'd say on my RT-BE96U: I have a 1 Gbps symetric fiber connection.

Hi everyone, I’m setting up a VPN for my home network using my ASUS GS-AX3000 router (firmware version: 3.0.0.4.388_23088). I’ve configured a WireGuard VPN connection through the router’s VPN Fusion feature, and I want to route only specific traffic through the VPN while leaving the rest to use...

Hi ! I've got a remote/independant wireguard VPN server. I can set up a wireguard client in the VPN section of my AX86UPro, and with VPN Director I can add rules so that some machines on the network use it. Now I wonder if it's possible (and how) to set up a rule so that the webgui would be...

WireGuard NT for Windows has a massive issue. It doesn't hide keys with asterisks when you run it as administrator. There is some way to run it as Network Configuration Operators that does hide keys, but that's very limiting, especially if you are the administrator. Are there not any forks...

I used to use procustodibus wireguard allowed ips calculator but I wanted offline support + dark mode so I built a small wireguard AllowedIPs calculator with the following features: Open source on github Client sided so can be used offline State in URL so you can bookmark/share with others...

Hi, Running wireguard server on RT-AX52 and noticed that when WAN connection goes down and comes back up the wireguard server does not automatically restart. If I SSH into the router after WAN is back online and run `wg show` it returns nothing. I have to reboot the router or make a change to...

Here's what I'm hoping to achieve... I want to use a Wireguard session/tunnel on the router exclusively/solely for all traffic to/from a specific port. I'm familiar with VPN Director but in this scenario, I don't want all traffic over the tunnel, just specific port(s). Is this achievable? I...

First of all, here is my current spec. AX86U running on 3004.388.8_4 YazFi v4.4.4 I know by default Yazfi is not working with Wireguard because of its firewall rules. After doing extensive search, I found I can make custom firewall rules for Yazfi to work with Wireguard. I tried but it...

On 750Mbps fiber connection my PC download speed is about 650Mbps using WireGuard NT, which is the official kernel space WireGuard client for Windows, or OpenVPN with Data Channel Offload, which also runs in kernel space. Enabling WireGuard VPN Fusion on ASUS RT-AX86U Pro (stock 3.0.0.6...

ASUS router GUI has a major issue of displaying WiFi passwords in cleartext when performing mouse clicks in WiFi password field. It keeps WiFi passwords masked with asterisks (*), but the act of clicking in that field unmasks password characters. That makes it impossible to paste a new password...

I have installed WireGuard® Manager© v1.04 by Martineau with AMTM, loaded a conf file from a VPN provider and it works like a damn.....very well indeed except the VPN Director in the Wireguard addon has me stumped. I have the VPN Director configured for thr OpenVPN client and try to access this...

Hi all, So, I am running a wireguard vpn on an asus router. Windows11 as a client. However, my IP mapped SMB folder will not connect. Nor can I ping the 192.168.1.22 IP address. However, when entering that IP in chrome I can see the self hosted software I run on it. I did a traceroute, and...

I'm using asus router AX11000 pro. Currently facing a problem while setting up wireguard vpn on router. Nothing show up on the QR code and public key or private key.