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Untangle Support

TeamFlashRouters · Jul 16, 2019 ·

Support for Untangle Router NG Firewall features is provided by the Untangle Support team and not the FlashRouter support team.

We recommend reviewing these excellent resources that Untangle has created to get you setup as desired.

  • Untangle Help Center
  • Untangle Wiki
  • Untangle Forums
  • Untangle.com

To contact Untangle directly you can email them at support@untangle.com and their team would be happy to assist you with getting setup to use their NG Firewall settings such as Web Monitor, Captive Portal, Intrusion Prevention, and many other features supported by the Untangle firmware running on your FlashRouter.

ExpressVPN Router App Support

TeamFlashRouters · Jul 16, 2019 ·

ExpressVPN Router App Setup Guides

Asus RT-AC68U, RT-AC87U, RT-AC56R, RT-AC56S, RT-AC56U

How to set up the ExpressVPN router app for Asus RT-AC68U, RT-AC87U, RT-AC56R, RT-AC56S, and RT-AC56U

ExpressVPN router app with MediaStreamer

How to use MediaStreamer on the ExpressVPN router app

Linksys EA6200

How to configure the ExpressVPN router app for Linksys EA6200

Linksys WRT1200AC

How to configure the ExpressVPN router app for Linksys WRT1200AC

Linksys WRT1900AC(S or V2)

How to configure the ExpressVPN router app for Linksys WRT1900AC(S)

Linksys WRT3200ACM

How to configure the ExpressVPN router app for Linksys WRT3200ACM

Netgear R6300v2, Netgear R6700v3, Netgear Nighthawk R7000, and Netgear Nighthawk R7000P

How to set up the ExpressVPN router app for Netgear R6300v2, Netgear R6700v3, Netgear Nighthawk R7000, and Netgear Nighthawk R7000P

Set up ExpressVPN app on existing Linksys router

Set up the ExpressVPN app for router on your existing Linksys router

ExpressVPN Router App Troubleshooting

Bridge devices to your network via an ExpressVPN router

How to bridge devices to your wireless network via an ExpressVPN router

ExpressVPN router app FAQs

ExpressVPN router app FAQs

ExpressVPN router app setting changes

Additional ExpressVPN router app setting changes

Finding the default passwords for the ExpressVPN router app

Finding the default passwords for the ExpressVPN Router App

Identify which Linksys router you have

How to identify which Linksys router you have

NOT connected to the ExpressVPN router correctly

Seeing the “NOT connected to the ExpressVPN router correctly” page

Reflash Linksys router back to factory image

How to reflash your Linksys router back to factory image

Reset your ExpressVPN router to the original firmware

How to reset your ExpressVPN routers to the original firmware

Set up remote access for your router

How to use port forwarding to remotely access your router

Share a USB drive over your router’s network

How to share a USB drive over your router’s network

Upgrade the ExpressVPN router firmware

How to upgrade the ExpressVPN router firmware

CyberGhost Merlin OpenVPN Setup

TeamFlashRouters · Mar 30, 2023 ·

Preparing for CyberGhost Setup

Obtain your CyberGhost OpenVPN information

If you are not already a CyberGhost user Sign Up Now.

1. Log in to your account on the CyberGhost website.

CyberGhost Website Login

2. Select VPN.

CyberGhost VPN

3. Click Configure New Device.

CyberGhost Configure Device

4. Set Protocol to OpenVPN. Select the Country you would like to connect to. Select the Server Group. Name the device in the Device Name field. Click Save Configuration.

CyberGhost protocol and location

5. Press View configuration.

CyberGhost view configuration

6. Copy the Username, and Password that appear to a notepad, since you will need this information later in the setup process. Click Download Configuration.

CyberGhost Website OpenVPN Configuration Files Generator 1

Open the folder that was downloaded. Then open the ca.crt the client.crt, and client.key files with NotePad++ for Windows or TextEdit for Apple. All CyberGhost servers have different keys and certificates.

Merlin Router Setup for CyberGhost

Login to Asus Merlin firmware settings in a browser on any computer or smart device connected to the Merlin FlashRouter’s network.

1. Navigate to the VPN tab.

Merlin VPN Tab

2. Navigate to the VPN Client tab.

Merlin VPN Client Tab

3. Click Choose file and select the .ovpn file from the folder you downloaded earlier. Then click Upload.

Merlin Choose File Upload

4. Set Automatic Start at boot time to Yes if you want the VPN connection to begin automatically when the router is powered off and back on.

Merlin Automatic Start at boot time

5. In the Description field enter in the name you’d like to use for this OpenVPN Client profile. We typically advise entering in the location here. Our example server was in USA so I have entered in CyberGhost USA.

Merlin CyberGhost Description field

6. Set Accept DNS Configuration to Strict. Set Redirect Internet traffic through tunnel to Yes (all). Set Kill Switch to Yes or No depending on if you want the Internet to be killed if the VPN connection drops.

Merlin Accept DNS configuration Redirect Internet and Kill Switch

If you only want certain devices to connect to the OpenVPN Client profile you are setting up instead of all the devices connected to the FlashRouter’s network please set the Redirect Internet traffic through tunnel to VPN Director. Then complete the instructions on this page and then view our VPN Director guide.

7. Enter your CyberGhost OpenVPN username and password that you obtained earlier. Do not enter your account login.

Merlin VPN Username and Password

8. Click the Edit button in the Keys and Certificates area.

Merlin Keys and Certificates Edit button

9. In the Certificate Authority field paste in the entire content of the ca.crt file.

—– BEGIN xxx —– / —– END xxx —– block (including those two lines).

Merlin Certificate Authority

10. In the Client Certificate field paste in the entire content of the client.crt file.

—– BEGIN xxx —– / —– END xxx —– block (including those two lines).

Merlin Client Certificate

11. In the Client Key field paste in the entire content of the client.key file.

—– BEGIN xxx —– / —– END xxx —– block (including those two lines).

Merlin Client Key

12. Click Save at the bottom of that window.

13. Click Apply at the bottom of the page.

14. At the top of the page set the Service State toggle to ON to activate the VPN connection.

Merlin Service State All Providers

Verify a successful CyberGhost connection

  1. You should now see a CONNECTED message.
  2. Visit What is my IP Address from a private/incognito browser to verify your new IP address and virtual location.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Still having issues? Visit the FR Privacy App Troubleshooting section.

Troubleshoot Here
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