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 internet browser and type www.vpngate.net in your browser url bar. Choose country and press OpenVPN

Select protocol UDP/TCP

Download configuration file. In our example we use TCP protocol.

Step 2: Certificates

Create empty files

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 certificates and key to yours 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 network browser url bar.

Open VPN configuration panel by clicking Services → VPN

VPN configuration name

Type VPN configuration name and press Add new

Press 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.