New Release WireGuard VPN Firmware for Archer AX55
Hello Everyone,
We are thrilled to announce that we now have officially published the WireGuard VPN firmware for Archer AX55 V1, which we believe you’re going to love it. Please check for the updates on your router web GUI or Tether App for the new firmware, or you can download the latest firmware from the website as follows:
WireGuard VPN Firmware for Archer AX55 V1.0 (official firmware updated on 6/9/2023)
How to Configure WireGuard VPN Client on Archer AX55
Please follow the steps below to set up and configure the WireGuard VPN Client on the Archer AX55:
Step 1 Please download the configuration file from your VPN provider.
Step 2 We currently support some basic parameters of the WireGuard configuration file as Pic 1. If the configuration file you are using includes IPv6 address, MTU or many more (example as Pic 2), please edit the file and delete those parameters, then save the file.
Step 3 Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with your TP-Link ID or the password you set for the router. Go to Advanced > VPN Client.
Step 4 Enable VPN Client, then save the settings.
Step 5 Click Add button in the up-right of the Server List, specify a description for the VPN and choose WireGuard as the VPN type, click BROWSE to import the configuration file provided by your VPN provider, then click SAVE.
Step 5 Check and enable the WireGuard in the Server List, add and enable the VPN Access for the devices that will use the VPN function.
Note: It's NOT suggested to use the same configuration file on multiple VPN Clients simultaneously. You could import the configuration file into your mobile phones as well as the router, but you are not allowed to connect to the VPN server simultaneously based on WireGuard protocols.
How to Set up Archer AX55 as a WireGuard VPN Server
Step 1 On the Web GUI of Archer AX55, go to Advanced > VPN Server, check and enable WireGuard.
Step 2 Click Add button in the upper-right of the Account List to add the profile, then save it.
Note: Each profile can be only used for one device at the same time. If you want to connect 2 devices to the WireGuard VPN server, please create 2 profiles for them accordingly.
Step 3 Export the configuration file on the devices that you want to connect to the WireGuard VPN Server.
a. For smartphones, you can scan the QR Code directly on your WireGuard App.
b. For computers, you can click Export button to export the configuration file, and import it into your WireGuard client.
Other New Features/Enhancements:
1. Added IoT Network.
This allows you to create a dedicated wireless network for the IoT smart devices. You can find it under Advanced > Wireless > IoT Network.
2. Support configuring HomeShield features on Web GUI.
3. Support configuring local DNS servers on WAN/Internet page.
Some users would like to build their own DNS servers within the local network, which was only achievable on the router's DHCP Server settings. Now you can configure it on the WAN/Internet page.
4. Added Access Control feature in AP mode (Security > Access Control).
5. Support retrieving the PPPoE dial-up settings from the old router.
There are cases that you are replacing your old Wi-Fi router with this Archer AX55, and it could be troublesome to set up the internet if you no longer remember your PPPoE username and password. Now this won't be an issue. You can retrieve the PPPoE settings easily from the old router by following the two steps as shown below:
More features and enhancements are waiting for you to explore:
- Added Flow Control ON/OFF switch (Advanced > Network > LAN > Flow Controller).
- Optimized the Web GUI in AP mode.
- Optimized IPv6 feature.
- Optimized UI for USB sharing.
- Optimized Port Forwarding function.
- Optimized VPN Client function.
- Optimized UI for configuring IPTV/VLAN.
Welcome to upgrade and install this beta firmware on your Archer AX55, and feel free to reporting back to us with bugs, faults, errors, and your thoughts on how to improve.
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Rick2023 wrote
After installing this update, my Connected Clients list did not show any of the devices on my network and reported an operation error. Also, the AX55's CPU utilization went to 100% from the 25% to 30% operational range with the previous firmware. At that point, I reinstalled the previous firmware, without further investigation of the beta release. Is there any projection when a stable, non-beta version will be released?
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@Rick2023 Thank you very much for bringing this up to our attention.
The engineering team have been made aware of this issues you are experiencing with this early-released firmware, and they will make sure they are optimized or correct in the official release.
Sorry that there is still no definitive information when the official release would be available yet. It's suggested to pay attention to the router web GUI/Tether app for any new firmware updates. I will also update here on the community once the official firmware is released.
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As a follow-up, I think I should mention that WireGuard support was not my primary reason for installing the beta firmware. My primary reason was that I had hoped that it might correct an issue that I had with the current official release (ver. 1.1.6 - 2022-12-08), where the router would drop the Internet connection after about two hours of operation and required a reboot of our cable modem (not the router) to reconnect. It would then stay connected for about another two hours before requiring another reboot of the modem. This process repeated over and over until I finally downgraded the firmware. So, the "previous" firmware that I mentioned in my last message, that I reloaded to replace the beta version, was actually the earlier build from 2022-06-21 (ver. 1.1.1). That release has been and continues to be stable with no Internet connectivity issues. I cannot address the Internet connection reliability of the version 1.1.9 Beta release, since the other issues that I mentioned previously prompted me to revert back to version 1.1.1 before operating the router the two+ hours required to test for the presence of the version 1.1.6 connectivity bug. I hope this additional information is helpful to your engineering team.
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Rick2023 wrote
After installing this update, my Connected Clients list did not show any of the devices on my network and reported an operation error. Also, the AX55's CPU utilization went to 100% from the 25% to 30% operational range with the previous firmware. At that point, I reinstalled the previous firmware, without further investigation of the beta release. Is there any projection when a stable, non-beta version will be released?
Thanks
@Rick2023 Thank you very much for bringing this up to our attention.
The engineering team have been made aware of this issues you are experiencing with this early-released firmware, and they will make sure they are optimized or correct in the official release.
Sorry that there is still no definitive information when the official release would be available yet. It's suggested to pay attention to the router web GUI/Tether app for any new firmware updates. I will also update here on the community once the official firmware is released.
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@Kevin_Z Hello,
update to beta went successfully. I made it only because of Wireguard native support. It is working, but I have a newbie's question. If I leave default Allowed IPs "0.0.0.0/1,128.0.0.0/1" I can connect and have access to my local stuff, but the whole traffic is not going through my home network (external IP stays at it is without connecting to VPN, is not my home one). What should I enter as Allowed IPs so that all traffic goes through the tunnel?
I tried 0.0.0.0/0 which resulted in a lack of Internet connection on the client device.
When I try to enter "0.0.0.0/0,::0/0" as I usually do when configuring Wireguard, a message pops up saying that the data was given in the wrong format.
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I dont have router and cannot test realization wg, but try 0.0.0.0/1 without 128.0.0.0/1
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to3k wrote
@Kevin_Z Hello,
update to beta went successfully. I made it only because of Wireguard native support. It is working, but I have a newbie's question. If I leave default Allowed IPs "0.0.0.0/1,128.0.0.0/1" I can connect and have access to my local stuff, but the whole traffic is not going through my home network (external IP stays at it is without connecting to VPN, is not my home one). What should I enter as Allowed IPs so that all traffic goes through the tunnel?
I tried 0.0.0.0/0 which resulted in a lack of Internet connection on the client device.
When I try to enter "0.0.0.0/0,::0/0" as I usually do when configuring Wireguard, a message pops up saying that the data was given in the wrong format.
OK after playing around with a lot of tries and errors for a while I finally figured out what it was all about and where the problem was. It turned out to be idiotically simple, too trivial to notice right from the start. It turns out that you can't turn on the VPN tunnel and create a peer in one step, because the tp-link software goes crazy in such a case.
You have to do it step by step:
1. Enable VPN Server
2. Check the settings
3. If you would like to have Client Access for Internet and Home Network you need to enable DNS in Advanced Settings
4. And now is IMPORTANT to hit Save button on bottom.
5. After getting a message that everything went successful you can create a peer!
6. You only need to give it a name and change Allowed IPs (Client) to 0.0.0.0/0 (remove completely the value given by default)
7. Check the contents of conf file, export it and you are all set.
EDIT: What is also funny is that on iPhone I need to set Allowed IPs to 0.0.0.0/0 for everything to work properly, but on Windows for example this needs to be set as 0.0.0.0/1, 128.0.0.0/1
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@Lilouz Is there a V2 version of this beta software?
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@to3k For the Archer AX55 V2
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@to3k Here on the first page it's mentioned Archer AX55 V1.
And my question is: Will it have an update for Archer AX55 V2
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