How to Setup Tomato PPTP

flashing instructions with ASUS RT-N16 There is an official tutorial for installing Tomato firmware on Asus routers: http://tomatousb.org/tut:installing-on-asus-rt-n16 And below you'll find usermade instructions for this purpose: At this point you still have the original firmware on your router installed. First you need to install the DD-WRT firmware to be able to flash Tomato firmware later. E.g. install dd-wrt.v24-15778_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_RT-N16.trx using the webconfiguration of the router. Now your router is flashed with DD-WRT firmware. Now do a hard reset (30-30-30). Change the .trx suffix [tomato-K26USB-1.28.9054MIPSR2-beta-vpn3.6.trx] to .bin [tomato-K26USB-1.28.9054MIPSR2-beta-vpn3.6.bin]. Use the DD-WRT webconfiguration to flash the Tomato Firmware onto the router. Do a hard reset (30-30-30) Perform a thorough NVRAM erase (Administration > Configuration: Restore Default Configuration) by selecting [Erase all data in NVRAM memory (thorough)]. Make sure to click OK. Set the routers IP address similar to your gateway router/DSL modem (e.g. if gateway is 192.168.0.1, set the router to 192.168.0.2 or 192.168.1.1) (Basic > Network: LAN) Set the IP Address Range accordingly. Click Save. Click Reboot. Note: You must first install DD-WRT firmware before you can flash Tomato firmware. Flashing Tomato firmware over a router original firmware will most likely not work. Tomato related links: Tutorials index: http://tomatousb.org/tutorials Tomato FAQ: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq Tomato links: http://tomatousb.org/links Tomato firmware download: http://tomatousb.org/download
Tomato OpenVPN Setup Please open Tomato WebConfig by navigating to http://192.168.1.1/ in your browser. Please proceed to Administration > Scripts and enter the following command: echo USERNAME > /tmp/userpass.conf echo PASSWORD >> /tmp/userpass.conf chmod 600 /tmp/userpass.conf Replace the “USERNAME” and “PASSWORD” with your account details. (the same that you use to login to the VPN control panel @ http://vpn.hidemyass.com ) Press “Save” Please proceed to VPN Tunneling > Client > Basic In the basic settings do the following: Start with WAN: Check Interface Type: TUN Protocol: Choose between TCP and UDP Server IP address/Port: Enter the IP address of the server you wish to connect to (e.g. you can use the IPs from the bottom of the config files at http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/ - or use the "PPTP servers" list from the VPN control panel, they're the same servers.) Port: For UDP enter 53 and for TCP 443 Firewall: Automatic Authentication mode: TSL Extra HMAC Authorisation: Disabled Create NAT on tunnel: check Press “Save” You may proceed to VPN Tunneling > Client > Advanced Use the following settings: Poll interval: 0 Redirect traffic: Uncheck Accept DNS configuration: Disabled Encryption cipher: BF-CBC Compression: Disabled TSL Regeneration Time: -1 Connection retry: 30 (or you may set -1 for infinite) In Custom Configuration please enter the following: ns-cert-type server auth-user-pass /tmp/userpass.conf Press “Save” You may proceed to VPN Tunneling > Client > Keys In Certificate Authority please enter the content of “ca.crt” In Client Certificate please enter the content of “hmauser.crt” In Client Key please enter the content of “hmauser.key” (you can get all those files from http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/keys/ ) Press “Save” Your router is configured for OpenVPN. You may proceed to VPN Tunneling > Client > Status Simply press the “Start Now” button to connect. If you are successfully connected you should see something like this: Well done, you have configured your router for OpenVPN.