There are two steps to create a WireGuard®* VPN client connection on the pcWRT router: Determine which of your local network(s) tunnel through the VPN. Add a WireGuard VPN client connection. Select the local network(s) to tunnel through the WireGuard VPN The pcWRT router allows you to create up to 5 local networks (including up […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.There are three steps to create an IKEv2/IPsec VPN client connection on the pcWRT router: Determine which of your local network(s) tunnel through the VPN. Create an Auth Config with the credentials for VPN provider Create a connection where you specify the hostname for the VPN server Select the local network(s) to tunnel through the […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Prerequisites Check if your router is behind NAT. If behind NAT, put the router in DMZ or configure port forwarding. Set up Dynamic DNS. Set up server Log in the pcWRT console. Click Apps then click OpenVPN. Click on the Server tab. The OpenVPN server needs to be initialized before it can be enabled. Click […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Prerequisites Check if your router is behind NAT. If behind NAT, put the router in DMZ or configure port forwarding. Set up Dynamic DNS. Set up server Log in the pcWRT console. Click Apps then click strongSwan (IPsec). Click on the Server tab. The strongSwan server needs to be initialized before it can be enabled. […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Setting up a VPN connection on the router is not an easy task. First of all, not many routers support VPN. If your existing router does not support VPN out of the box, you might need to flash it with open source firmware so that you can install VPN software on it. Then you need […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Prerequisites Check if your router is behind NAT. If behind NAT, put the router in DMZ or configure port forwarding. Set up Dynamic DNS. Set up server Log in the pcWRT console. Click Apps then click WireGuard®*. Click on the Server tab. WireGuard server is disabled by default. Click the “Enable” button. If you enabled […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Starting from version v2.0.1, the pcWRT router supports Dynamic DNS (DDNS) natively. You can set up a hostname for your router on the pcwrt.net domain with these steps: Open the router management console. Go to the System Settings page. Under the General section, check “Enable DDNS with pcwrt.net, enter the DDNS Name and click Save. […]
Continue Reading... 2 Comments.If your router is behind NAT (Network Address Translation), then it is not directly accessible from the Internet. As a result, any services running on your router is not directly accessible. You need to know if your router is behind NAT if you plan to run a VPN server on your router so that you […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.What is Dynamic DNS? In short, Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is a DNS service for hosts without static IP addresses. There are two sides to your home network, the internal network (aka LAN) and the external network (aka WAN). The internal IP addresses are assigned by the router (and can be changed by the user), while […]
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