Hello:
I live in the mountains, and I don't have a standard ISP; instead, I need to have Internet beamed to me. However, because of this setup, I am NATed. At times, I'd like to access my computers at home.
My idea is to use OpenVPN on my VPS and have my router connect it, having my VPS route all traffic to the connected client (my ASUS router). I've been trying to get the client aspect of the ASUS RT-AC66U work with connecting to my VPS, but it fails. From the logs, it seems like it's always modifying SOMETHING and applying a username and password; it can't do it, so it fails. Therefore, I'm MANUALLY starting OpenVPN on the router by logging in through telnet and creating my config and certs in a directory. When I start OpenVPN this way, it correctly connects.
I'd like to ask for assistance for two things. Where should I be putting my config and certs on the ASUS router? Is there a special location that I should put it that it won't be removed if I lose power?
The second -- and probably more important -- question is about having OpenVPN run on my router automatically on startup. Occasionally -- like every house -- I'll lose power. How can I create a script and have it start automatically on power-up (WAN-up)?
Thank you, all, for your help.
Trecius
I live in the mountains, and I don't have a standard ISP; instead, I need to have Internet beamed to me. However, because of this setup, I am NATed. At times, I'd like to access my computers at home.
My idea is to use OpenVPN on my VPS and have my router connect it, having my VPS route all traffic to the connected client (my ASUS router). I've been trying to get the client aspect of the ASUS RT-AC66U work with connecting to my VPS, but it fails. From the logs, it seems like it's always modifying SOMETHING and applying a username and password; it can't do it, so it fails. Therefore, I'm MANUALLY starting OpenVPN on the router by logging in through telnet and creating my config and certs in a directory. When I start OpenVPN this way, it correctly connects.
I'd like to ask for assistance for two things. Where should I be putting my config and certs on the ASUS router? Is there a special location that I should put it that it won't be removed if I lose power?
The second -- and probably more important -- question is about having OpenVPN run on my router automatically on startup. Occasionally -- like every house -- I'll lose power. How can I create a script and have it start automatically on power-up (WAN-up)?
Thank you, all, for your help.
Trecius
