Prioritizing Privacy
Enter custom DNS servers in your Asus Merlin firmware to avoid using your ISP DNS, which will steal and collect your browsing data.
Login to Asus Merlin firmware settings in a browser on any computer or smart device.
1. Under Advanced Settings select LAN.
2. Click the DHCP Server tab.
3. In the DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 fields enter the DNS server that you wish to use.
4. Click Apply and then reboot the router and reconnect to the network.
Once you have OpenVPN connected on your Merlin FlashRouter you can enable the VPN Killswitch so that no internet traffic passes through your router that is not encrypted by the VPN tunnel.
Login to Asus Merlin firmware settings in a browser on any computer or smart device.
1. Under Advanced Settings select VPN.
2. Click the VPN Client tab.
3. Set Killswitch – Block routed clients if tunnel goes down to Yes.
4. Click Apply.
Once you have OpenVPN connected on your Merlin FlashRouter you can manage your VPN connections by device or by VPN servers or even VPN providers. This is a major advantage of Asus Merlin firmware as it allows up to 5 VPN connections at the same.
Login to Asus Merlin firmware settings in a browser on any computer or smart device.
1. Under Advanced Settings select VPN.
2. Click the VPN Client tab.
3. In the Select Client instance dropdown select a new client instance to setup and follow your VPN providers setup guide.
4. Name the client in the Description field for more clarity for which server or provider is being setup.
5. Set the Redirect Internet traffic through tunnel dropdown to VPN Director.
1. Under Advanced Settings select VPN.
2. Click the VPN Director tab.
3. With multiple VPN clients connected you can start and stop them as needed from this page.
1. On the VPN Director page click the + symbol next to Add new rule.
2. Select the Interface that you want to add the device to.
3. Click the Local IP dropdown and a full list of devices connected to the Merlin FlashRouter should appear. Select the device you want to assign to this VPN client.
4. Click OK and click Apply.
Change your Roqos’ WiFi Network Name and Password to anything you like. Make sure it is not a duplicate of an existing WiFi name.
Login to Roqos Core UI web app in a browser on any computer or smart device.
1. Click the navigation menu and select Basic Settings > WiFi Settings.
2. Click Main WiFi.
3. Click Settings.
4. Enter the new Network Name and Network Password. Click Save.
5. Reconnect your WiFi devices to the new network with the password you just set.