PROXY on an ASUS router

The client in ASUS firmware handles both of our router protocols, PPTP and OpenV⁠PN. The only thing to trip over is the menu, which looks different depending on the firmware version.

Open the Router section

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ASUS profile window in Russian: PPTP, L2TP and OpenV⁠PN tabs, description, V⁠PN server, username, password
The profile window in the older menu, set to Russian. VanyaPROXY works with the PPTP and OpenV⁠PN tabs, there’s no L2TP on our side.

A profile on the V⁠PN Client tab

This is the menu on firmware before 3.0.0.4.388, that is 386 and earlier. The screenshots were taken on an RT-AX55 set to Russian.

  1. Open the admin panel

    Go to router.asus.com and enter the router’s admin credentials. If nobody changed them, many models still use admin and admin. Under Advanced Settings on the left, click “V⁠PN”.

  2. Press “Add profile”

    Open the “V⁠PN Client” tab. Below the empty server list there’s an “Add profile” button.

    ASUS V⁠PN section in Russian, V⁠PN Client tab with the Add profile button at the bottom
    The V⁠PN Client tab. The V⁠PN Server tab next to it is for something else, see the questions.

  3. Fill in OpenV⁠PN or PPTP

    Begin with the OpenV⁠PN tab, it’s the more secure protocol. It needs your login and password from the account plus the standard .ov⁠pn file. Choose the file, press Upload, then OK. On the PPTP tab, put the server address into “V⁠PN Server” with the same login and password below, the description can be anything.

  4. Activate the profile

    Press “Activate” in the profile’s row. A blue tick on the left means the router is on the PROXY.

    ASUS profile list in Russian: a blue tick in the connection status column
    Connected, with the tick on the left. In Russian the buttons are translated oddly, Activate reads “Включено” and Deactivate reads “Отключено”.

If you have V⁠PN Fusion

From firmware 3.0.0.4.388, ASUS reworked the section and named it V⁠PN Fusion. You add a profile with the plus icon, and the rest is familiar. OpenV⁠PN or PPTP, the same login and password, and for OpenV⁠PN the .ov⁠pn file as well. “Apply and Enable” saves the profile and connects it right away.

V⁠PN Fusion has one useful extra. A profile covers every device on the network by default, but you can switch off “Apply to all devices” and limit it to a few, a single TV for example. That way a PROXY on an ASUS router serves the TV and leaves everyone else alone.

Plans, router already inside

An ASUS profile works on any plan. Your laptop and phone fit into the same subscription, and an Android TV does too.

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Small things about ASUS

Which .ov⁠pn file should I use?

The regular one, from the “Download .OV⁠PN” link. ASUS takes your credentials in the profile itself, so the Keenetic variant isn’t needed.

The tick never shows up

First check for typos in the address or password. If there are none and PPTP won’t come up, add a second profile with OpenV⁠PN. Some providers block one protocol and let the other through, and the file also has a backup route over TCP.

Then what are V⁠PN Server and Instant Guard for?

The opposite job, reaching your home network from far away. VanyaPROXY doesn’t need either of them, so you can leave them alone.