How to Setup PureVPN on DDWRT Router

• Login to the PureVPN member area

• Once logged in go to Account & Billing section.

• On Account and Billing section click drop-down icon

• Click Show/ Update VPN password

• Note down your PureVPN username and click Eye icon to make your password visible and use it in the manual configuration.

Before you begin, please make sure that:

• You have a working internet connection
• DD-WRT: v24 Build 13309 or newer. (Go to the Status tab. Look at the line Firmware version under the System section.)
• Supported Builds: OpenVPN,  Big, Mega, Giga
• A router must have 8 MB flash memory for OpenVPN to be installed.

Follow this easy step-by-step guide to install PureVPN’s DD-WRT router applet on your router.

• Access your router panel by entering 192.168.1.1 into your browser’s search bar.

• Go to Administration > Commands and then enter the following command.

• eval `wget -q -O – ‘https://routerapplet.purevpn.com/cgi-bin/applet-cgi.py’

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• The command will show that the applet has been installed successfully.

• Go to Status > My Page >

Enter your PureVPN credentials and then click Save. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials

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• Set Protocol and Server and then click Save. Click Connect to establish a connection.

• Once connected, the Status will turn to Connected.

Congratulations! You have configured PureVPN on your router.

• This image shows how your VPN setup will look like:

1a. Shows an Ethernet connection from router to computer.
1b. Shows wireless connection from router to computer.

• Go to Basic Setup tab of the DD-WRT control panel.

• Click Connection type drop down menu and select PPTP protocol.

• Make sure Use DHCP is selected as Yes.

• Insert the following info:

1. 1. Enter your Gateway (PPTP server) (Please refer to the server addresses shared in the note above). 
   2. Enter PureVPN credentials provided by PureVPN.
   3. Write refuse-eap in additional PPTP option box.

• Now scroll down and make sure the DHCP server is enabled and now click Apply Settings and then hit Save.

• On the top menu click Status and then click WAN tab.

• Now click Connect button under WAN tab.

This article will guide you through the steps involved in setting up PureVPN OpenVPN on a DD-WRT firmware router.

Things to Consider:

Before you begin, please make sure that:

1. 1. You have a working internet connection.
   2. VPN Supported Router.
   3. Own a premium PureVPN account (If you do not already own one, you can buy a subscription from here).

• Log in to the router control panel by entering the router’s default IP address 192.168.1.1 to the address bar of your preferred browser. (If you change your router’s default IP address, enter that into your browser instead). Enter the admin name and password for your router, then click Sign In.

• In order to configure OpenVPN on DD-WRT, first download the required OpenVPN Files from this link and extract them.
• Navigate to the Services tab, then to the VPN tab and click Enable option besides the Start OpenVPN client.

• Now configure your OpenVPN client as shown below.

1. OpenVPN Client: Enable
2. CVE Mitigation: Disable
3. Server IP/Name: Enter your desired location’s TCP/UDP server address here. Server list can be accessed from here:
4. Port: 80 (For TCP)/ 53 (For UDP)
5. Tunnel Device: TUN
6. Tunnel Protocol: TCP/UDP
7. Encryption Cipher: AES-256-CBC
8. Hash Algorithm: SHA-1
9. Inbound Firewall on TUN: Uncheck
10. User Pass Authentication: Checked
11. Username and Password: Enter your PureVPN credentials. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials
12. Advanced Options: Enabled
13. TLS Cipher: None
14. Compression: Adaptive
15. NAT: Enable
16. Firewall Protection: Disable
17. Tunnel UDP MSS-Fix: Disable
18. Verify Server Cert.: Checked
19. TLS Key Choice: TLS Auth
20. TLS Key: Copy and paste all the content from the key file you have downloaded with the OpenVPN configuration files.
21. Additional Config:
    1. persist-key
    2. persist-tun

22. CA Cert: Copy and paste all the content from the crt file you have downloaded with the OpenVPN configuration files.
23. Click Save and then Apply Settings button.

• Now navigate to the Status tab then OpenVPN to check the connection Status.

Open VPN Configuration guide:

Please follow the step by step guide to configure OpenVPN on DD-WRT routers using a script.

• Download the Script and required OpenVPN Files from the links below.

• Click Administration tab then click Commands tab.

• Open PureVPN_DD_WRT_OVPN_Script.txt that you downloaded from above steps. Copy / paste the contents under command.

Replace username and password with PureVPN Credentials. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials

Under Remote servers, insert the desired server address. Download OpenVPN Files and get the server address from OpenVPN Files.

• Click Save Startup.

Congratulations!! Now you are connected.

To check your IP visit https://www.ip2location.com/

OR

Click on the Administration tab then click on the Commands tab, enter:

cat /tmp/purevpn.log

Initialization Sequence complete

If you get the above message then it means you are connected to PureVPN