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    Merlin 386.5_2 WAN to LAN speed slow - RT-AC86U

    I have just switched over to FTTP and also configured the router to use the WAN port. All has been working well for the last few days, however from today, my LAN speeds are slow / inconsistent. I have done a WAN speed test from the router UI, and the speeds are exactly as expected (500mbps...
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    AC86U with Ultrafast Fibre setup (FTTP)

    In the end it was very easy, I just plugged in the new FTTP ONT Ethernet cable to the Asus WAN socket, logged into the router UI and clicked on Quick Internet Setup (followed the wizard) and all done (I did need to use a login and password, which can be obtained from ISP, for 3rd party routers)
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    AC86U with Ultrafast Fibre setup (FTTP)

    Ta thanks, Defo will be an ONT box, so will give it a whirl when it is installed in 2 days time. Thanks for the quick response muffintastic Lovelyjubly
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    AC86U with Ultrafast Fibre setup (FTTP)

    Hi Guys I am going to be getting FTTP installed in the next few days, however I do not want to use the ISP router, as it is not good. Has anyone got a guide on how to setup the WAN connection for FTTP. I am currently with Plusnet, which is the same setup (more or less) as BT/EE and looking to...
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    Thanks for all your help
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    seems to be working, I forgot to change the client vpn settings to use VPN director policy. The 2nd hops are now different
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    Laptop OVPN2 C:\Users\whhaatt-lenovo>tracert -d www.google.com Tracing route to www.google.com [142.251.39.100] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms 192.168.2.1 2 14 ms 13 ms 18 ms 10.123.40.1 Android OVPN3 2nd hop is the same as above
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    When I stopped OVPN1 then OVPN2 showed the correct external IP - edinburgh and all subsequent devices (eg ovpn3) also showed ovpn2 external IP, it looks like OVPN1 then 2 then 3 etc, work in priority no matter what the rules are set too
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    OVPN2 C:\Users\whhaatt-lenovo>tracert -d www.google.com Tracing route to www.google.com [172.217.168.196] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 1 ms <1 ms 1 ms 192.168.2.1 2 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms 10.121.208.1 3 16 ms 15 ms 14 ms 212.102.63.124 4 13 ms 12 ms...
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    done, still same behaviour, all external ips point to London, even though ovpn1 was stopped, I am stumped
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    emm very strange, so the external ip for each vpn is the same on all devices. Good to know that my config is ok :)
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    sorry, have amended my post accordingy
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    user@RT-AC86U-E1B8:/tmp/home/root# ifconfig bcmsw Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 24:4B:FE:E4:E1:B8 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:222864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:116130 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX...
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    user@RT-AC86U-E1B8:/tmp/home/root# ifconfig bcmsw Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 24:4B:FE:E4:E1:B8 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:222864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:116130 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0...
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    Hi yes So laptop1 client should be using ovpn1 all the time (london) laptop2 client should be using ovpn2 all the time (manchester) etc So when i check my external ip on whatismyipaddress, all clients are showing as located in London
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    Ok I have set them all to VPN Director, so no nested tunnels, however all traffic for all devices is using ovpn1 and ignoring my order :( sorry for being a bit dumb, but just learning on the fly :)
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    ok I kind of got it working by amending the following option in VPN CLient settings However it seems like all traffic is getting diverted to ovpn1 eg london whereby I want all traffic to go to the reserved policy rules on VPN Director eg Laptop 1 use ovpn1 Laptop 2 use ovpn2 firestick use ovpn3...
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    Hi I have setup VPN Director now, but still get No Internet Traffic, am I missing something?
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    That would be a yes, I will try director and post an update later
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    ASUS RT-AC86U Merlin 386.4 No internet traffic on OpenVPN

    Nope, never had to before Just fyi, i just switched back to stock asus firmware and issue goes away. If you could point me in the right direction on how to setup vpn director that would be a great help
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