Astrill Setup Manual:How to configure OpenVPN on Tomato firmware flashed Routers

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STEP 1 - OpenVPN certificates

Goto Members Area => TOOLS => OpenVPN certificates generation => https://members.astrill.com/tools/openvpn-certificates

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STEP 2 - Create new certificate

Under "Create new certificate" section, enter "TOMATO" for certificate description and Select "Standard" under type, then click on "Create certificate" button.

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STEP 3 - Download certificate

After the certificate has been created, click on "Download" button to save the configuration file to your desktop

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STEP 4 - Select VPN Server

After you unpack the config file, pick a server you would like to be connected to, and then open the OVPN config file in your text editor.

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STEP 5 - Locate VPN server details

Here you will see IP address and Port for the server and certificate keys below.

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STEP 6 - Configure OpenVPN server on Tomato router

Open Tomato web admin, and then navigate to "VPN Tunneling > OpenVPN Client" section (http://192.168.1.1/vpn-client.asp).

Click on "Client 1" tab, then click on "Basic" tab to configure the server.

For "Server Address" enter "199.48.229.87" or another IP address which you can find inside OVPN config files. For "Port" enter "8292", The server port is the same for all servers. Set "Extra HMAC authorization (tls-auth)" to "Outgoing (1)".

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STEP 7 - Configure OpenVPN certificates on Tomato router

Click on "Keys" tab and copy/paste certificate keys from OVPN config file just like in the screenshot.


For "Static Key" copy text between <tls-auth>...</tls-auth> tags.

For "Certificate Authority" copy text between <ca>...</ca> tags.

For "Client Certificate" copy text between <cert>...</cert> tags.

For "Client Key" copy text between <key>...</key> tags.


When you are done click on "Save" button below to save the settings you just entered.

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STEP 8 - Start OpenVPN on Tomato router

Click on "Status" tab, and then click on "Start Now" button to start Astrill OpenVPN connection.

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STEP 9 - Check Status

Once you are connected, the status will change and you will see general statistics table.

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STEP 10 - Check IP address

After 10 seconds of clicking on "Start Now" button you can check your IP address on (https://www.astrill.com/what-is-my-ip).

If you run into any problems, please try the following:

1) Reload router defaults settings

2) Connect ADSL modem to WAN port to router

3) Install Astrill on your router.

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