bengalih
Senior Member
I had posted about this before and had a brief answer from @RMerlin which I used to configure my RT-N66W as an OpenVPN server in "stand-alone" mode.
By this I mean I am not using this device as a conventional router or WiFi AP. I simply want it to sit on the network behind another router an accept VPN connections.
This is the setup I used:
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I had tested this on my own network placing the N66W behind another Asus Merlin router in a conventional configuration and forwarding port 1198 to the N66W which was just configured with a local IP on the WAN port.
The full setup (which was minimal) is listed in my above post and I was able to connect and ping both local devices and route out to the Internet.
I have now brought the N66W to the location that I need to configure this in for good. Since it had been a couple of months since I set this up before I didn't recall the password and IP I used, so I reset the router to default and configured this again.
Currently I have the N66W's WAN port configured with a local LAN IP and plugged directly into a LAN port on my ISP router. The appropriate port is forwarded to the N66W for OpenVPN.
I am able to establish the VPN connection into the N66W and ping the N66W. However I am unable to ping anything else on the local network or access the internet through this connection.
I am ofc, able to ping anything I want from the router itself.
I am using IP addresses to test, so rule out any DNS issues to start. My OVPN connection settings are below.
I'm 99% confident that the configuration is the same I had previously which seemed to work, but as the environment is different, something else is likely going on.
Please be aware this is on FW 380.70 as it is the last supported FW for this device.
I would really appreciate assistance as I need to make this work here. Please let me know what else I can provide to help troubleshoot.
By this I mean I am not using this device as a conventional router or WiFi AP. I simply want it to sit on the network behind another router an accept VPN connections.
This is the setup I used:
Setting up as stand-alone OpenVPN server (AP mode)
I've got an older Merlin capable ASUS I would like to use at my father's house as a VPN server. He currently has a router from Verizon as well as an AmpliFi HD device setup and I am not looking to modify his main boxes at this point if I can help it. I would like to repurpose this extra Merlin...
www.snbforums.com
I had tested this on my own network placing the N66W behind another Asus Merlin router in a conventional configuration and forwarding port 1198 to the N66W which was just configured with a local IP on the WAN port.
The full setup (which was minimal) is listed in my above post and I was able to connect and ping both local devices and route out to the Internet.
I have now brought the N66W to the location that I need to configure this in for good. Since it had been a couple of months since I set this up before I didn't recall the password and IP I used, so I reset the router to default and configured this again.
Currently I have the N66W's WAN port configured with a local LAN IP and plugged directly into a LAN port on my ISP router. The appropriate port is forwarded to the N66W for OpenVPN.
I am able to establish the VPN connection into the N66W and ping the N66W. However I am unable to ping anything else on the local network or access the internet through this connection.
I am ofc, able to ping anything I want from the router itself.
I am using IP addresses to test, so rule out any DNS issues to start. My OVPN connection settings are below.
I'm 99% confident that the configuration is the same I had previously which seemed to work, but as the environment is different, something else is likely going on.
Please be aware this is on FW 380.70 as it is the last supported FW for this device.
I would really appreciate assistance as I need to make this work here. Please let me know what else I can provide to help troubleshoot.
