[Proself]

Has anyone else had any success setting up FrootVPN? I am trying to follow their directions and go with the guides listed for VPNs but not having much success. Also since there is more than one way to connect which way is preferable - PPTP or OpenVPN? My assumption and a decision based on actual facts are two different things. Thank you in advance.

https://www.frootvpn.com/guides/

[pcfrk256]

It took a few minutes, but I did get this working. I couldn't get it to work through the DD-WRT interface, but I did through the command line. Steps:

1) Make sure your router's date/time is correct. If not, do this now.
2) Download the OpenVPN config file from the FrootVPN site
3) Enable SSH/Telnet
4) Copy the OpenVPN file you downloaded from the FrootVPN site to /tmp/openvpncl/frootvpn.conf
5) Open the frootvpn file and append

[rafay]

Hi pcfrk256,

Thank you for your help in setting up Frootvpn on DD-WRT.
I'm having some issues with the setup although i tried to follow your instructions very carefully, but sadly i wasn't successful.

The issues are as follows and will be grateful if you can assist me with them :

1. My router file structure doesn't seem to be the same as yours, for some reason. For instance, i have /tmp/openvpn/ (without the CL at the very end of /openvpn/), does it have any effect on the setup ?

2. I don't have the user.conf file that you are referring too, so i created one with my username on one line and password on the other.

3. When i ran the " openvpn --config /tmp/openvpn/frootvpn.conf ", i received the following message :

Options error: Unrecognized option or missing parameter(s) in /tmp/openvpn/frootvpn.conf:10: /tmp/openvpn/user.conf (2.1.1)
Use --help for more information.

****

Your help will be highly appreciated as the issue is really frustrating me :S

Btw, i'm using SSH to connect to the router and the program called Transmit on my MBP to transfer files to and from the router.

Thank you in advance for your great help.
Regards,
Rafik

[rafay]

Can anyone please help me with the above mentioned issue.. As I'm in desperate need of it

[pcfrk256]

The location of the config files doesn't really matter. I just put mine in the OpenVPN folder.

Could you paste your FrootVPN.conf file? You can exclude the keys.

[rafay]

client
dev tun
proto udp
resolv-retry infinite
remote-random
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
auth-user-pass
/tmp/openvpn/user.conf
ns-cert-type server
verb 3
<ca>

[rafay]

i had to create the user.conf file, as it wasn't in the location you mentioned.

My DD-wrt firmware version is DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/12/10) mega .

could it be that i have to edit the files using something else other than Textedit on my mac ?


Thank you once again for your help, appreciated.

[pcfrk256]

This should be on one line:

auth-user-pass /tmp/openvpn/user.conf

Sorry I didn't really make that super clear. Try that and see what you get.

[rafay]

Thank you so much for your great help.. i seem to get some sort of activity similar to the one you've post

But sadly i checked my location and found out that i wasn't through the VPN yet!! getting my same IP address and location.

My hardware setup is as follows :

1. Main ADSL modem connected to the telephone line.
2. Linksys wrt610 connected to the ADSL modem via an ethernet cable, connected to the LAN port 1 instead of WAN port to be able to see both networks.
2.1 Tried connecting the ADSL modem to the Linksys router WAN port, but sadly even the lights on both devices didn't light up to show any sort of activity.

Now, my ADSL modem IP setting is as follows :
*Router IP Address :192.168.1.1
*Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
*Gateway : 192.168.1.1
*Local DNS : 192.168.1.1
*DHCP enabled

Linksys Router :
*Router IP Address : 192.168.1.2
*Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
*Gateway : 192.168.1.1
*Local DNS : 192.168.1.1
*DHCP disabled

I'm sure that with your experienced knowhow, you'll once again be able to assist me with my setup and finally getting everything working

Thank you once again for your great help.
Regards..

[pcfrk256]

What's your default gateway on your computer? If it's the IP of the linksys router, 192.168.1.2, you should be good. I have a feeling that since your modem is handing out DHCP, it's providing the wrong gateway for what you're trying to do.

[rafay]

Thank you my friend for the great help and time. However, I wasn't that successful with my setup until now..

I thought of giving up my current setup and connecting the DDWRT router to modem via the WAN PORT, but for some reason, that port doesn't work at all.

Anyways, Thank you once again for your hell, appreciated.
Regards

[jamaroney]

I was able to successfully install frootvpn on my Linksys WRT45GL router. However, what is needed is one of the
"openvpn_jffs_small" firmware versions, as you will need to save several files onto your router in a directory that will survive a reboot. If you write files to your router using just a regular openvpn firmware, it won't survive a reboot.

After setting up a /jffs directory on your router (follow direction elsewhere on dd-wrt wiki), create a subdirectory called /openvpn, and place in it frootvpn.conf and the user.conf file that you created. Be sure to change the auth-user-pass line in frootvpn.conf to:
auth-user-pass /jffs/openvpn/user.conf

Then run the following commands via telnet or SSH:
iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o tun0 -j MASQUERADE
openvpn /jffs/openvpn/frootvpn.conf

If you want frootvpn to start up automatically on reboot, create the directory /jffs/etc/config, in it make a file called "vpn.startup." In the file, enter:

#!/bin/sh
iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o tun0 -j MASQUERADE
openvpn /jffs/openvpn/frootvpn.ovpn

Make it executable, save, and you should be all set.

And in either case, be sure that all OpenVPN options in dd-wrt WebGUI are set to "disabled."

It took me a week to accumulate all this info, and unfortunately, little of it was on the dd-wrt site.

Good luck!

[Inter95]

Hi, i was following you guide but unfortunately i cant get it to work. can someone help me on it. im using Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (05/27/13) mega on a Netgear WNDR3400. here is the log
http://pastebin.com/4K8uq9QB

[Krissi]

Hi

Just to let you know that this also worked for me as I did what "pcfrk256" wrote with the minor difference that I use
i) /tmp/openvpn as the path
ii) frootvpn.ovpn and not frootvpn.conf (doesn't matter)
iii) created a user.conf with the two lines (name and password)
iv) enabled IPv6 through the DD-WRT GUI
v) adjusted all commands to the changes in i) and ii)

Note: I got and "Linux ifconfig inet6 failed: external program exited with error status: 255" error that was solved as described in iii)

Depending on dd-wrt version IPv6 can be enabled under [Administration->Management] or [Setup->IPV6].
I am running on a tplink_tl-wr1043nd-v2 r25648 where IPv6 is located under [Setup->IPV6]. I just enabled it (with "Native IPv6 from ISP) and didn't change anything of the default settings.

My only problem now is that the files are deleted every time I reboot the router. Any suggestion on how to prevent this.

PS. I used WinSCP to transfer the files from my pc to the router. For enabling SSH remember to enable it in "Services" first.

Hope this helps other to make the final changes to make it work.

[Krissi]