Is wireguard available on RT-AC86U ?

[Jeffrey Young]

I could be wrong, but I believe Asus added the GUI pages for wireguard to the 386 firmware during the development of 388 but the pages were not functional. Been a while now, but I remember something to that effect.

The WG kernel modules and userspace tool are available on the 386.11 firmware. You can use WG, but you need to either write your script or use Merlin and install the wireguard-manager addon from AMTM.

 

[Jeffrey Young]

you can also check out this utility. I wrote it for the XT12 mainly as that router has no USB key, but I wrote it using the AC86U (no Entware)

Wireguard - Standalone wg-quick alternative (no Entware/USB Drive required)

WG-TOOL.SH Wg-tool.sh is a wg-quick (8) replacement tool for Asus-Merlin firmware based routers that support the Wireguard user space tool. The script does not require Entware to be installed or a USB drive to be used. I built this script - in part - as over the last couple of years I have...

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[ZebMcKayhan]

I could be wrong, but I believe Asus added the GUI pages for wireguard to the 386 firmware during the development of 388 but the pages were not functional. Been a while now, but I remember something to that effect.

The WG kernel modules and userspace tool are available on the 386.11 firmware. You can use WG, but you need to either write your script or use Merlin and install the wireguard-manager addon from AMTM.

@ataru80

@NickolauBr are using Merlin 386.11 and obviously installed Entware and Wireguard Manager addon via AMTM. the Wireguard Manager addon has a GUI that integrates into Merlin GUI under the Addons tab. Through this GUI you can import Wireguard (Client) config files , setting up server peer, server clients and much more. so pretty much everything you need for a basic setup. I ran this setup for many years with my old AC86U and it works great!

but yes, requires USB-storage and Entware installed so a bit more time investment to get going but there are excellent step by step guides right here on this forums so it's quite easy to get going.

 

[Jeffrey Young]

Wireguard Manager addon has a GUI that integrates into Merlin GUI under the Addons tab.

I was not aware of that. Context. Imagine! Good to know.

Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.

 

[NickolauBr]

@ataru80

@NickolauBr are using Merlin 386.11 and obviously installed Entware and Wireguard Manager addon via AMTM. the Wireguard Manager addon has a GUI that integrates into Merlin GUI under the Addons tab. Through this GUI you can import Wireguard (Client) config files , setting up server peer, server clients and much more. so pretty much everything you need for a basic setup. I ran this setup for many years with my old AC86U and it works great!

but yes, requires USB-storage and Entware installed so a bit more time investment to get going but there are excellent step by step guides right here on this forums so it's quite easy to get going.

Exactly what I did....

Since I know I am able to run this way, I will give @Jeffrey Young Standalone version a shot!