Astrill Setup Manual:How to configure OpenVPN on Tomato firmware flashed Routers

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STEP 1

Login to Members section (https://members.astrill.com/). After that go to "VPN Services" (https://members.astrill.com/vpn-services.php) and then click on "OpenVPN certificates generation" section (https://members.astrill.com/openvpn-certificates.php).

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STEP 2

Under "Add new certificate" section, enter "TOMATO" for certificate description, then click on "Add to my certificates" button.

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STEP 3

After the certificate has been created, click on "Download" button to save the configuration file to your desktop

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STEP 4

After you unpack the config file, pick a server you would like to be connected to, and then open the OVPN config file in your text editor.

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STEP 5

Here you will see IP address and Port for the server and certificate keys below.

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STEP 6

Open Tomato web admin, and then navigate to "VPN Tunneling > OpenVPN Client" section (http://192.168.1.1/vpn-client.asp).

Click on "Client 1" tab, then click on "Basic" tab to configure the server.

For "Server Address" enter "199.48.229.87" or another IP address which you can find inside OVPN config files. For "Port" enter "8292", The server port is the same for all servers.

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STEP 7

Click on "Keys" tab and copy/paste certificate keys from OVPN config file just like in the screenshot.

For "Certificate Authority" copy/paste between tags. For "Client Certificate" copy/paste between tags. For "Client Key" copy/paste between tags. When you are done click on "Save" button below to save the settings you just entered.

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STEP 8

Click on "Status" tab, and then click on "Start Now" button to start Astrill OpenVPN connection.

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STEP 9

Once you are connected, the status will change and you will see general statistics table.

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STEP 10

After 10 seconds of clicking on "Start Now" button you can check your IP address on (https://www.astrill.com/check-ip.php).

If you run into any problems, please try the following:

1) Reload router defaults settings 2) Connect ADSL modem to WAN port to router 3) Install Astrill on your router.