Access Server: Configure a TP-Link Router to Connect to Access Server

Description: You can use a TP-Link Router as a VPN client with your Access Server.

Follow the steps below.

Step 1: Create an Access Server user account for your TP-Link router

1. Sign in to Access Server's Admin Web UI.
2. Go to User Management > User Permissions.
   
3. Under New Username, type the username for your TP-Link. For our example, we enter "TP-Link."
   
4. Click Allow Auto-login.
   
5. Click Save Settings and Update Running Server.

Step 2: Configure "tls-auth" on Access Server

Access Server adds a layer of security to the VPN tunnel called the TLS Control Channel Security. To make a successful connection from your TP-Link router Access Server, configure tls-auth as shown below:

1. Click Configuration > Advanced VPN.
   
2. Under TLS Control Channel Security, set tls-auth to yes.
   
3. Click Save Settings and Update Running Server.

Step 3: Download a connection profile (.ovpn file) for your TP-Link router

1. Click User Management > User Profiles.
   
2. Select your TP-Link user account and click New Profile.
   
3. In the pop-up module, select Autologin and click Create Profile.
   
   
   • The connection profile (.ovpn file) downloads to your computer. We recommend changing the name to the username for easy management.
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That finishes the Access Server configuration.

Step 4: Configure the TP-Link router

1. Sign in to the TP-Link router UI.
2. Click VPN > OpenVPN.
   
   
3. Click the OpenVPN Client tab and click Add.
   
4. Enter the following configuration details:
   • Client Name: Friendly name for your OpenVPN Client Settings We use "TP-Link" for our example.
   • Remote Server: The Access Server's IP address.
   • Local Network: Your TP-Link router's internal network.
   • WAN: The Interface your TP-Link Router will use to access the internet and connect to the VPN.
   • Browse: Select the connection profile we generated from the previous step.
     
     
     
     
5. Click Import and OK.
6. Click the OpenVPN Tunnel tab to see the status.
   

Step 5: Verify connection

You can verify that the OpenWRT router is connected from Access Server's Admin Web UI.

1. Sign in to the Admin Web UI.
2. Click Status > Current Users.
3. The TP-Link connection details display:
   
   

If you have additional questions, please submit a ticket.