Router Setup

DD-WRT OpenVPN Automatic Setup

  1. Navigate to the home page of your router - By default 192.168.1.1. If required enter your username and password, by default username is ‘root’ and password is ‘admin’. Click on the Administration tab and then the Commands tab.

  2. Navigate to the DD-WRT auto installer script (You may need to login to the client area if you are not logged in).

  3. Enter your account ID that begins with letters ‘ivpnXXXXXXXX’ or ‘i-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX’, any password and select a server to connect to. Click Download script.

    Only your account ID is used for authentication and is case-sensitive. The password field can be left empty or set to anything if your client software requires a non-blank password.
  4. Open the downloaded text file and copy and paste into the Commands text area.

  5. Click on the Save Startup button.

  6. Click on the Management tab and then click on the Reboot router button on the bottom of that page. Your router will reboot and connect to the VPN. This can take up to 3 minutes.

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