VPNMON VPNMON-R3 v1.9.0 -Mar 8, 2026- Monitor OVPN/Wireguard + Multi/Double-Hop VPN + WAN Health + Random Reset (Available in AMTM!)

[Tarek Yag]

Super incredible. Congrats @Viktor Jaep for this great new release full of improvements and new additions!!
Updating my instance now...

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Super excited to tease a brand new VPNMON-R3 feature... coming to a BETA your way soon! Double-Hop VPN!

Capable of selecting and configuring an inner and outer VPN tunnel, and when using 2 different VPN providers, gives you some of the best possible privacy available. Unique to VPNMON-R3 and this Asus Merlin Community, this feature also lets you use straight OVPN and pair it with a WG tunnel, or WG with OVPN, WG with WG or OVPN with OVPN.

Still doing lots of testing and cleanup... but hoping to get this out in your hands within a few more days!

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Shhhh... For anyone interested in wanting to test the first pre-release beta1... I've made it available. This is practically Alpha... All menus look clean, functionality looks good, will be making a few more tweaks here & there. Use at your own risk, and let me know how it goes!

VPNMON-R3 v1.9.0 Beta 1- (February 25, 2026)
- MINOR: Added an extremely unique feature to VPNMON-R3. Multi/Double-Hop VPN! While this kind of functionality is available using major VPN providers, this is not a feature I have come across in the Merlin FW world as of yet. This feature is capable of selecting and configuring an inner and outer VPN tunnel, and when using 2 different VPN providers, gives you some of the best possible privacy available. Unique to VPNMON-R3 and this Asus Merlin Community, this feature also lets you use straight OVPN and pair it with a WG tunnel, or WG with OVPN, WG with WG or OVPN with OVPN. This option is available under the configuration menu -> Option #17. A full menu to manage this feature has been added that lets you pick which VPN/WG slots, Hop Clients, and Advanced Settings if need be, along with the ability to enable/disable, rebuild, and tear down routing rules.

Beta Download Link

curl --retry 3 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ViktorJp/VPNMON-R3/develop/vpnmon-r3.sh" -o "/jffs/scripts/vpnmon-r3.sh" && chmod 755 "/jffs/scripts/vpnmon-r3.sh"

Significant Screenshots:

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Getting VPNMON-R3 v1.9.0 out the door after a few weeks of testing Multi/Double-Hop VPN on my end. Everything seems to be functioning as advertised. Would love to hear your feedback. Hope you all enjoy!

What's new!?
v1.9.0 - (March 8, 2026)
- MINOR: Added an extremely unique feature to VPNMON-R3. Multi/Double-Hop VPN! While this kind of functionality is available using major VPN providers, this is not a feature I have come across in the Merlin FW world as of yet. This feature is capable of selecting and configuring an inner and outer VPN tunnel, and when using 2 different VPN providers, gives you some of the best possible privacy available. Unique to VPNMON-R3 and this Asus Merlin Community, this feature also lets you use straight OVPN and pair it with a WG tunnel, or WG with OVPN, WG with WG or OVPN with OVPN. This option is available under the configuration menu -> Option #17. A full menu to manage this feature has been added that lets you pick which VPN/WG slots, Hop Clients, and Advanced Settings if need be, along with the ability to enable/disable, rebuild, and tear down routing rules. PLEASE NOTE: Double-Hop VPN Client redirection is handled within the VPNMON-R3 interface, not through the VPN Director in the main Merlin UI.
- PATCH: Various inconsistencies and bug fixes around bandwidth measurements.

Download link (or update directly within VPNMON-R3 or AMTM):

curl --retry 3 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ViktorJp/VPNMON-R3/main/vpnmon-r3.sh" -o "/jffs/scripts/vpnmon-r3.sh" && chmod 755 "/jffs/scripts/vpnmon-r3.sh"

Significant Screenshots:

Showing the main UI with the new Multi/Double-Hop VPN section added on the bottom:

The new Multi/Double-Hop VPN item #17 in the configuration menu:

The interface for configurating the Multi/Double-Hop VPN: