How to Setup OpenVPN on a Belkin Router
Getting ExtremeVPN for your routers is the best way to protect your devices at home, including devices that aren’t compatible with a VPN. This process will ensure the complete security and safety of your Wi-Fi devices.
Requirements
- A steady internet connection
- A router device that supports VPN
- A premium ExtremeVPN account (Click here to get a subscription if you don’t have one already)
Belking routers have got market attention for a while now. However, the only limitation is that there’s no guide on configuring OpenVPN protocol. ExtremeVPN gives you a solution for this. Keep reading to learn how you can set up OpenVPN protocol with DD-WRT Firmware to your Belkin router.
To check your login credentials, you must visit the VPN Member area.
- Sign in to the Member panel using your ExtremeVPN email and password.
- You can find your VPN Login credentials under the subscriptions tab.
- Note down your ExtremeVPN username. To view your password, click the Eye icon to display the details.
- You can now use these credentials for manual configuration.
To download the DD-WRT firmware, visit this link here.
- Sign in to your Belkin Router and press the Firmware update option.
- Tap Choose File and select the DD-WRT firmware file you downloaded from this source.
- Click on Update.
- Hurray! Your firmware is now upgraded to DD-WRT.
Before proceeding, please download OpenVPN files through this link. Extract the files after you download them.
- Go to the DDWRT Control Panel. Click on Services, move to the VPN tab, and activate the OpenVPN client.
- Now set up your VPN client as follows:
- OpenVPN Client: Turn it on
- CVE Mitigation: Deactivate it
- Server IP/Name: Insert your preferred location’s UDP/TCP server address here.
- Port: 80 (For TCP)/ 53 (For UDP)
- Tunnel Device: TUN
- Tunnel Protocol: UDP/TCP
- Encryption Cipher: AES-256-CBC
- Hash Algorithm: SHA-1
- Inbound Firewall on TUN: Mark it unchecked
- User Pass Authentication: Check mark this one.
- Username and Password: Type in your ExtremeVPN login details.
- Advanced Options: Enable it.
- TLS Cipher: None
- Compression: Adaptive
- NAT: Enable
- Firewall Protection: Disable
- Tunnel UDP MSS-Fix: Disable
- Verify Server Cert.: Checked
- TLS Key Choice: TLS Auth
- TLS Key: Paste all the data from your downloaded key file with the OpenVPN configuration files.
- Additional Config:
- persist-key
- Persist-tun
- CA Cert: Paste all the data from the crt file you downloaded with the OpenVPN configuration files.
- Press Save and Confirm by tapping Apply Settings button.
- Now move to the Status tab, navigate to the OpenVPN tab, and verify the connection status.
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