Set up an OpenVPN Server on your DD-WRT Router

Want to connect to your home network from anywhere?  Find out how to do it securely on Windows or Linux using OpenVPN and the DD-WRT router firmware.

Link to guide on dd-wrt forum:
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewt...

EasyRSA Download:
https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/r...

OpenVPN Client Download:
https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/

Firewall config:
iptables -t nat -IPOSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o $(get_wanface) -j MASQUERADE

Example Client Config (.ovpn file):
client
dev tun
proto udp4
remote your.host.address 1194
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
remote-cert-tls server
auth-nocache
verb 4
float
tun-mtu 1500
auth SHA256
cipher AES-256-CBC
data-ciphers CHACHA20-POLY1305:AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:AES-256-CBC
ca ca.crt
cert laptop-client1.crt
key laptop-client1.key

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