OpenVPN: help a dummy

[Kobold]

Guys, sorry for bothering you with this stupid question, but could you give me a short manual about using OpenVPN on the Asus router?

When I use OpenVPN on Windows, I know what I have to do:
1. Create keys for server and clients (ca.crt, dh2048.pem, ta.key and *.crt, *.key).
2. Create config files for server and clients (*.ovpn). Paths to the key files are specified in the config file.

But on the router there's no place to put the openvpn related files, so I'm confused.

 

[RMerlin]

https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Configuring-OpenVPN

 

[gmx-smallnetbuilder]

One more thing to add: I also tried to create a dh2048.pem key and the OpenVPN server would not start.

I switched the whole thing to 1024 key length and everything started to move.
Hope this helps.

You'll need to copy the content of the key files on the Router web admin page under the section Advanced Settings -> VPN Server / on the 'OpenVPN Keys' tab.

 

[Etz]

One more thing to add: I also tried to create a dh2048.pem key and the OpenVPN server would not start.

You probably have somekind of configuration issue, as 2048-bit DH works fine.