Joined: 28 Jun 2011 Posts: 580 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 16:00 Post subject:
Only 4 MB flash on your router. No space for VPN.
Though v1 has 8 MB _________________ [Ramips] Nexx WT3020F Openwrt @kernel #4.14.167 (OpenVPN server, Wireguard server, AD blocking, SQM QOS, USB)
Right, mine has only 4mb.
But there is something which puzzles me.
Astrill vpn is selling already configured TP links WR703N with 4mb and openvpn in the DD-WRT firmware.
How is it possible?
Right, mine has only 4mb.
But there is something which puzzles me.
Astrill vpn is selling already configured TP links WR703N with 4mb and openvpn in the DD-WRT firmware.
How is it possible?
Astrill vpn routers are not using standard dd-wrt. I believe they are modified dd-wrt which are optimized for openvpn. Because of that, you need to pay a premium for their routers such as $50 for a WR703N. With $50, you can probably get a decent router with 8M RAM which is faster and have openvpn with standard dd-wrt.
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:51 Post subject:
toto2012 wrote:
Right, mine has only 4mb.
But there is something which puzzles me.
Astrill vpn is selling already configured TP links WR703N with 4mb and openvpn in the DD-WRT firmware.
How is it possible?
by stripping ddwrt down to force fit it in..just get a GOOD router once, thatll last years. its worth it to pay the extra $20-45 more for something with decent flash (& cpu power to use any vpn without sucktastic speed) _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
Astrill vpn routers are not using standard dd-wrt. I believe they are modified dd-wrt which are optimized for openvpn. Because of that, you need to pay a premium for their routers such as $50 for a WR703N. With $50, you can probably get a decent router with 8M RAM which is faster and have openvpn with standard dd-wrt.
Something like the tl-wr1043nd v2 would probably be the best <$50 for VPN (on atheros, I haven't kept up with broadcom), due to the 720mhz CPU. I don't know of any other routers in the price range with a more powerful processor, which is necessary for decent VPN speeds. It has 8mb flash/64mb ram, so it doesn't have everything, but it has VPN on the GUI. I'm able to stream Netflix in HD with mine. Its advertised as n300, but its actually n450. The only issue its ever given me is it won't mount my 5tb external HD. I believe either 4k sector support was left out of the build or is broken. It works with other drives
Right, mine has only 4mb.
But there is something which puzzles me.
Astrill vpn is selling already configured TP links WR703N with 4mb and openvpn in the DD-WRT firmware.
How is it possible?
by stripping ddwrt down to force fit it in..just get a GOOD router once, thatll last years. its worth it to pay the extra $20-45 more for something with decent flash (& cpu power to use any vpn without sucktastic speed)
The WR710N 8mb version would have just been perfect but it turns out that europeans are not so lucky anymore.
I am going to China (enjoying their wonderful restricted internet access) next week and for months so my only option right now is to strip off DD-WRT.
I plan to use the V2 version and to remove packs to end up with VPN mini version.
Do you think it is feasible? Would you have some tips to do this?
I have read that there is no need to compile source code anymore but instead, there are some tools specially developed to modify dd-wrt.
I say buy a WR710N v1, I have one of them, works OK. I think it would be perfect for your needs. _________________ THERE ARE NO STRANGERS HERE; ONLY FRIENDS YOU HAVEN'T YET MET.
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I plan to use the V2 version and to remove packs to end up with VPN mini version.
Do you think it is feasible? Would you have some tips to do this?
I have read that there is no need to compile source code anymore but instead, there are some tools specially developed to modify dd-wrt.
BTW, does your vpn provider support pptp vpn too? If yes, you can just use pptp vpn on your WR710n without going through all the trouble of getting openvpn into your router.
I have given up with the WR710N v2 and I have bought a netgear EX6200.
I have managed to put DD-WRT from myopenrouter.com.
It is the mini version but it includes openvpn, then, I tried to put the latest version from dd-wrt website but this version (also mini) doesn't have openvpn so I have changed back to the one from myopenrouter.com
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