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These are the instructions to set up an OpenVPN connection with
NordVPN on your ASUS router that is flashed with ASUSWRT-MERLIN
firmware. The instructions were made using an ASUS RT-AC87U with
version 380.59 of the ASUSWRT-MERLIN firmware.
1. Before you can change any settings on your router, you first need to log
into the router control panel. To do this, open your favourite internet
browser (Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla
Firefox, Opera etc.) and enter the routers address to the address bar. This
by default is 192.168.1.1 Then, a prompt should display the option to enter a
username and password. If you have never changed the username or
password enter the default values admin for the username and admin for
the password.
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Get back to the Asus router control panel and click on the Browse…
button.
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5. Select a preferred configuration file the ones you downloaded from our
website (if you did multiple) and press Open. If you need help deciding
which configuration file to choose, feel free to contact our customer
support team. They will be happy to help you. And one more thing – we
would recommend you to use files that have udp1194 in their names. It
means that the configuration will use UDP which is faster than TCP.
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6. Click on the Upload button and wait until the page refreshes itself.
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7. After the page refresh, most of the fields will fill in automatically.
However, you still have to insert your NordVPN username and password.
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remote-cert-tls server
remote-random
nobind
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun
ping-timer-rem
reneg-sec 0
#log /tmp/vpn.log
10. Now you need to set up NordVPN DNS’es. Go to WAN in the left menu
bar. In the Connect to DNS Server automatically field select No and enter
NordVPN DNS servers as following:
103.86.96.100
103.86.99.100
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11. Click on Apply button at the bottom of the page. Wait a bit for the
changes to be applied. If you see the green ON button – you are
connected! You can verify it by going back to VPN Status page or by
checking your IP address at our website .
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