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    How to change LAN address and fix DHCP reservations on RT-AC86U

    I have bought a new RT-AC86U router, which I am preparing for use on a remote LAN. That LAN is connected by VPN to my home LAN so I see the remote network from my home PC. It currently uses an RT-AC68U, which is old and needs a replacement. Therefore while configuring the RT-AC86U I have set it...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    So in my case I started up the new RT-AC86U router without any Ethernet cable attached and connected via WiFi. Then I modified the SSID to what I want to use and this disconnected my PC from the router so I had to connect again by WiFi. Next I modified the base Ethernet network to get away from...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    I have found the new firmware for these routers on ASUS webpages: RT-AC68U Version 3.0.0.4.386.46065 RT-AC86U Version 3.0.0.4.386.46092 If I upgrade manually now then the two connected routers will have different f/w, will that work out OK? And can it be done remotely? (The two LAN:s are...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    The new router's firmware as it has just been unpacked is: Firmware Version: 3.0.0.4.384_81992 The new router is not yet attached to the Internet so I cannot fix the firmware on that. The existing home LAN RT-AC86U router firmware is: Firmware Version: 3.0.0.4.384_32799 Edit: Note that the...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    I have now modified the server side OpenVPN settings in the ccd dir for the router client so it pushes the following to the client on connect: iroute 192.168.117.0 255.255.255.0 #Disable compression and push it to the client comp-lzo no push "comp-lzo no" #Set different cipher for the ASUS...
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    OpenVPN performance of the RT-AC86U

    I got advice from the OpenVPN list: Just restart the server service the connection is tied to and the connection cycle will be repeated. So: sudo systemctl restart openvpn-server@serverlocal
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    OpenVPN performance of the RT-AC86U

    Picking up this thread I just found... I have two locations (home and cottage) where I have had fiber at home for 8 years and just got fiber at the cottage. At home I use an ASUS RT-AC86U (the topic of this thread) and at the cottage I have set up an ASUS RT-AC68U. Ther cottage LAN and the home...
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    Is config backup file transferable between routers of the same model?

    OK, I see.... I am going to replace an older RT-AC68U with a new RT-AC86U at my summer home after we have installed fiber there. It seems like the older router is not as efficient in handling VPN connections. So if I am to avoid the settings transfer between the two units by way of a save/load...
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    Is config backup file transferable between routers of the same model?

    And why? I did this and it worked out perfectly. I got all of my customized settings transferred and after cloning the old router's MAC I also kept my public IP address from my ISP. I cannot see anything that went wrong. It is "just working"...
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    Is config backup file transferable between routers of the same model?

    FWIW: I bought a new router a while ago (ASUS RT-AC86U) to replace my older router (ASUS RT-AC68U). Since I had a *lot* of customized settings including IP reservations for most of the devices on my LAN I researched the way to most easily transfer these to the new router. Turns out to be real...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    So what level of AES is used depends on the setting in the ovpn file for the client, right? Here is parts of the router specific ovpn file: client dev tun proto udp remote mydomainname.com 11xx resolv-retry infinite nobind persist-key persist-tun mute-replay-warnings auth-nocache remote-cert-tls...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    1) No, I did not resolve the DNS issue so I gave up. And I did not receive any email notification of that reply or any of the other either. 2) So the difference is there in the router hardware then. Today I bought me an extra RT-AC86U to use on the remote LAN. 3) Concerning the VPN throughput...
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    Speed diff for OpenVPN on RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U?

    Is there a difference in transfer speed between the older RT-AC68U and RT-AC86U when using the built-in OpenVPN client to connect LAN-LAN? Right now I have this setup: Home LAN: - RT-AC86U router on a 250/250 fiber connection - Port forward to an Ubuntu Server 20.04.3 running the OpenVPN server...
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    How to add DHCP clients to router DNS

    OK, below is the post I was trying to do and it does contain the "forbidden phrase" Is there a list of these forbidden words? So I have several raspberry pi devices on the LAN and they all get their IP from the router (ASUS RT-AC68U). The IP addresses are reserved on the router so they stay the...
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    How to add DHCP clients to router DNS

    How does this forum work? It seems like I cannot post anything sensible like a reply to your post. I am getting a strange message about something happening that could be seen in some browser window: Oops! We ran into some problems. Please try again later. More error details may be in the browser...
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    How to add DHCP clients to router DNS

    Yet I still have to mess with the hots file on the device I use to connect to the other device...
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    How to add DHCP clients to router DNS

    I have two ASUS routers, one RT-AC68U and the other RT-AC86U. They are used on different locations but are tied together using a VPN link over the Internet. The answer to this post is probably really simple but I have not found a solution... I am moving devices between the two LAN regularly and...
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    Tutorial [Solved] Setup for Bi-directional VPN with WRT-based Routers (e.g. ASUS)

    Just for completeness: 1) The complications are probably due to trying to forge the ASUS OpenVPN implementation into something it is not... This VPN server is unable to issue more than one single unique certificate ovpn file so in essence it is using user/password combinations to authenticate...
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    SSH into RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U how to make files persist?

    Thanks for your help and explanations! Much appreciated!
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    SSH into RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U how to make files persist?

    OK, I get it... Seems like I may as well continue using my Linux server for OpenVPN access like I have successfully configured it yesterday. On that I have a script I wrote myself several years ago where the client ovpn files are created (each given a separate CN of course) and I have set up...
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