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ER605 v2: is the wireguard setup for server only, or can the router be setup as a wireguard client?
ER605 v2: is the wireguard setup for server only, or can the router be setup as a wireguard client?
2023-03-03 20:52:05 - last edited 2023-03-03 20:54:17
Tags: #VPN
Model: ER605 (TL-R605)  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 2.1.2 Build 20230210 Rel.62992

I'm trying to setup a fast VPN service.  I returned the v1 router for a v2... and now see wireguard is supported, but only as a server?  ... I see no client setup.

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Re:ER605 v2: is the wireguard setup for server only, or can the router be setup as a wireguard client?
2023-03-04 18:27:31

As I've now tried configuring the ER605 as an L2TP and OpenVPN client, and seeing 97% performance loss in both (300Mb/s to 10Mb/s), I've been told wireguard is a solution, but the router seems to only allow setup as a server.

 

Are there any plans to allow client configuration in future firmware releases?

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Re:ER605 v2: is the wireguard setup for server only, or can the router be setup as a wireguard client?
2023-03-05 07:49:13

One other idea I had was to use an OpenVPN client but set "cipher none" so there is no en/decryption (which is what's slowing the router down).  But, there are no VPN services that support that setting.  It would achieve what I need.

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Re:ER605 v2: is the wireguard setup for server only, or can the router be setup as a wireguard client?
2023-03-06 05:00:25

Hi @blackburied 

 

ER605 V2 L2TP VPN Throughput Encrypted is just 47.11 Mbps;

OpenVPN  21.70 Mbps.

 

It's the limitation of the hardware.

 

One solution is to disable encryption on L2TP server side.

Unencrypted L2TP VPN throughput can up to 864.65 Mbps

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Re:ER605 v2: is the wireguard setup for server only, or can the router be setup as a wireguard client?
2023-03-06 16:57:36

 

@Hank21 Do you know of an L2TP service provider that will disable encryption?

 

I tried both l2TP with IPVanish and OpenVPN with Nord, and performance dropped from 300Mb/s to 10Mb/s.  See attached. 

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Re:ER605 v2: is the wireguard setup for server only, or can the router be setup as a wireguard client?
2023-03-07 04:36:28

Hi @blackburied 

 

No we do not provide information about 3rd-party provider. 

 

I'm referring to build the VPN server on your own, for example use another ER605 as the VPN server. 

 

I know it's not your requirement, but if you can not modify anything on the server, nothing else we can do on the client side ER605. 

 

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