PureVPN setup on DS- AC88U

[dodgydrains]

Does anyone have PureVPN setup on the the DSL-AC88U?

I am on debug build591 and having difficulties setting this up.  Any help?

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dodgydrains wrote:

Does anyone have PureVPN setup on the the DSL-AC88U? I am on debug build591 and having difficulties setting this up. Any help?

forum member @Mharv had similar problems with purevpn and DSL-AC88U and could not get it to work

best to send feedback form and see if ASUS have suitable beta firmware with fix ?

 

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[dodgydrains]

I think my issue is regardless the VPN provider.

In ‘Import .ovpn file’,  when I click ‘choose file’ and select a OVPN file from the provider nothing happens.

I have sent feedback to Asus.  Not holding my breath to receive a response.

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dodgydrains wrote:

I think my issue is regardless the VPN provider. In ‘Import .ovpn file’, when I click ‘choose file’ and select a OVPN file from the provider nothing happens. I have sent feedback to Asus. Not holding my breath to receive a response.

I am running express VPN via my Netgear XR500 so may swap them over for the DSL-AC88U and see if I have the same issues

Who’s your VPN with ?

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[dodgydrains]

I am testing PrivateVPN to see if they are any good.

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dodgydrains wrote:

I am testing PrivateVPN to see if they are any good.

Have you tried any other VPN Providers and if so did they work ?

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[dodgydrains]

I have tried PureVPN and PrivateVPN.  Both with same issue.

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dodgydrains wrote:

I have tried PureVPN and PrivateVPN. Both with same issue.

That is good news with regards that both do not work, was that with OPENVPN/L2TP ?

Once I understand which Protocol you had issues with I will drop ASUS an email and try to dig a little deeper, can you screen dump your VPN settings so I can show them also, (hide account details) ;-)

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[dodgydrains]

It’s using the OpenVPN method and the following guide:

https://privatevpn.com/support/getting-started/routers/asus-rt-models/openvpn

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dodgydrains wrote:

It’s using the OpenVPN method and the following guide: https://privatevpn.com/support/getting-started/routers/asus-rt-models/openvpn

Process is correct so should work, I assume you are also using the modem inbuilt into DSL-AC88U ?

 

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[dodgydrains]

Yes I am using the modem on the DSL-AC88U with wireless turned off.  I have Google Mesh handling the Wi-Fi.

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[Grisu]

you could try it with its own WiFi (only for testing), wouldnt wonder at this working.

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dodgydrains wrote:

Yes I am using the modem on the DSL-AC88U with wireless turned off. I have Google Mesh handling the Wi-Fi.

I will chat with ASUS and see if they are able to advise ;-)

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As an update, I tried to load my ExpressVPN settings upon my DSL-AC88U and can confirm that I could mot establish a VPN, my ExpressVPN settings work on both my RT-AC86U (running ASUSWRT-Merlin) and my Netgear XR500

Looking at Logs it shows the following –

Oct  6 12:21:10 DSL-AC88U daemon.err openvpn[7528]: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing parameter(s) in /data/openvpn/client/client.ovpn:5: remote (2.3.2)

SO will chat with ASUS and see what they say

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@dodgydrains I spoke with ASUS and they acknowledge there are VPN issues with the DSL-AC88U.

I also asked if fix would be introduced in next firmware release and at the moment, it is unknown as work is ongoing

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