Access Server: Configure an OpenWRT Router to Connect to Access Server

Description: You can use an OpenWRT router as a VPN client with your Access Server. Follow the steps below to accomplish this task.

Create a user on Access Server for your OpenWRT router

1. Sign in to your Access Server Admin Web UI.
2. Click User Management > User Permissions.
3. Under New Username, enter a username for the OpenWRT router (for example, "OpenWRT").
4. Check the box for Allow Auto-login.
   
5. Click Save Settings and Update Running Server.

Download a connection profile (.ovpn file) for your OpenWRT router

1. Click User Management > User Profiles.
2. Find the OpenWRT user you created and click New Profile.
   
3. Select Autologin and click Create Profile.
   
   • The connection profile (.ovpn) downloads to your computer.
     
4. Rename the downloaded file to something easy to identify like OpenWRT.ovpn.
   

Configure the OpenWRT Router

1. Sign in to the OpenWRT router web UI.
2. Click VPN > OpenVPN.
   
   Note: If the OpenVPN menu item is missing, install the luci-app-openvpn package from System > Software.
3. Under OVPN configuration file upload, enter a friendly name (for example, OpenWRT).
4. Click Browse and select the connection profile you downloaded:
   
5. Click Upload:
   
6. Check the Enabled box for the new configuration and click Save & Apply.
   
   • After this, your OpenWRT Router is connected:
     
     

Verify the connection

1. Sign in to the Access Server Admin Web UI.
2. Click Status > Current Users:
   
   
   • The OpenWRT connection displays.

If you have additional questions, please submit a ticket.