Start VPN client remotely on asus-merlin

[busch09]

Hi,

is there a way to start the vpn remotely on my asus-merlin ?
Id like to start a VPN to watch some foreign movies but dont want it on all the time. login in to the router, clicking to vpn settings and on seems cumbersome.
Is there a shortcut ?

cheers
buschi

 

[L&LD]

Ideally, you would need VPN to login to your router...

Can't see it becoming less cumbersome than simply leaving it on.

 

[Martineau]

Hi,

is there a way to start the vpn remotely on my asus-merlin ?
Id like to start a VPN to watch some foreign movies but dont want it on all the time. login in to the router, clicking to vpn settings and on seems cumbersome.
Is there a shortcut ?

cheers
buschi

The command to start the vpn client is

service   start_vpnclientX

where X is 1 or 2

So from my windows PC, I used to use a .BAT file (but now I use a more flexible Autoit .AU3 script) to run scripts on the router, but basically the technique is pretty simple.

set rHOST=192.168.1.1
set rPORT=22
set rUSER=admin
set rPASS=xxxxxxxxxxxx
set cCOMMAND=service start_vpnclient1

@plink.exe   -ssh   %rHOST%   -P   %rPORT%   -l   %rUSER%   -pw   %rPASS%   -batch   `%cCommand%   %arg1%   %arg2%`   2>&1

Usually I run the adblocker on the router, but for some sites, I need to disable the dnsmasq.conf.add entries or switch the dnsmasq.conf.add entry for UK/USA Netflix etc. so you may need to write a 'wrapper' script to perform any pre-actions then include the call to 'service start_vpnclient1'