After some effort I was able to configure the VPN Client on an ASUS RT-AC86U router to connect as a client to Sonic's VPN. This ensures that all traffic (Wi-Fi and Ethernet) entering the router is encrypted through Sonic's VPN server.
The steps that worked for me were as follows:
The steps that worked for me were as follows:
- Installed the latest Merlin ASUS open-source software build: https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/
- Downloaded the Sonic OpenVPN client (.ovpn) configuration file https://ovpn.sonic.net/?src=connect. Select, "Yourself (user-locked profile)" option.
- Made the following key changes to the config:
- Left only one "remote" line, commenting out the rest:
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remote ovpn.sonic.net 1194 udp #remote ovpn.sonic.net 1194 tdp #remote ovpn.sonic.net 443 tcp #remote ovpn.sonic.net 1194 udp #remote ovpn.sonic.net 1194 udp #remote ovpn.sonic.net 1194 udp #remote ovpn.sonic.net 1194 udp #remote ovpn.sonic.net 1194 udp
- Modified the following value to -1 ("default"), as the original value was not accepted by the asus client
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reneg-sec -1
- Asus client appeared to crash upon trying to configure an ipv6 interface through tunnel. Disabled that attempt:
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# Disable attempt to configure an ipv6 interface on asus pull-filter ignore "ifconfig-ipv6 " pull-filter ignore "route-ipv6 "
- Left only one "remote" line, commenting out the rest: