Vpngate.net VPN configuration
Summary
This chapter is a guide on configuring vpngate.net provider VPN instance on RUT routers.
No registration required.
Step 1: Download the OpenVPN Configuration File
Select VPN server
Open your internet browser and type www.vpngate.net in the browser's URL bar. Choose country and press OpenVPN
Select protocol UDP/TCP
Download the configuration file. In our example we use the TCP protocol.
Step 2: Certificates
Certificate creation
Create three files in your chosen directory for certificates and key:
- ca.crt - Certificate authority
- client.crt - Client certificate
- client.key - Client Key
Create certificates
Open the downloaded VPN configuration file and copy/paste the certificates and key to your empty files.
Save changes.
Step 3: Router configuration
Now we need to open our RUT homepage. You can access the website by entering 192.168.1.1 in your internet browser's URL bar.
Open VPN configuration panel by clicking Services → VPN
VPN instance creation
Type in your VPN configuration name and click Add new
Click the Edit button to edit your VPN instance configuration
Configuration settings
Check the Enable box
Select protocol (UDP or TCP. Depends on which configuration file you downloaded in Step 1 )
Set port, encryption, remote host/IP address and HMAC authentication algorithm from the VPN configuration file you downloaded. (example below)
Upload your certificates:
- Certificate authority = ca.crt
- Client certificate = client.crt
- Client key = client.key
Click Save.
Firewall configuration for this provider is unnecessary.
Step 4: Try your VPN
Wait up to 5 minutes from the time you saved the changes.
Press Status → Network.
Press OpenVPN and check VPN status.
Open your internet browser.
Connect to http://whatismyipaddress.com and check location.
Location after VPN
