Login to the Member Area using your PureVPN registered email address and password.

On Subscription tab scroll down to be able to view your VPN credentials.

You will be able to see and copy your VPN credentials.

Note down your PureVPN username and click the Eye icon to make your password visible and use it in the manual configuration.

First, you need a router with OpenWRT firmware (tested with version 21.02) and an enabled OpenVPN client. The router will accept SSH connection open it with PuTTY . The OpenVPN package isn't included in the firmware image by default, so you need to install it:

Enter the Root and password of router.

Next, you will need to download the configuration files. I suggest using configuration files, which can be found here.

After downloading the file “OVPN Version 2.0.zip”, unzip files to a known location and go to either TCP or UDP folder which contains ovpn files per We will use as an example Spanish server with the file “es2-ovpn.ovpn”.

opkg update

opkg install openssh-sftp-server

Now copy the desired file " es2-ovpn.ovpn " using the WinSCP on Windows to the /etc/openvpn/ folder of the router’s

Right click on Right side (router side) and select a new File with name “secret” (without file extension), put the VPN credentials. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials. (This data is available under the ‘Account & Billing’ tab in the PureVPN Member area).

Save and close the File in the end.

Edit “es2-ovpn.ovpn” and put path to “secret” file, which contain PureVPN credentials (as shown in the picture below)

Save and close the File in the end.

Configuring OpenVPN (Continuing using SSH with PuTTY) Specify the file name in /etc/config/openvpn.

Create a new network interface.

uci set network.purevpntun=interface

uci set network.purevpntun.proto='none'

uci set network.purevpntun.ifname='tun0'

uci commit network

Create a new firewall zone and add a forwarding rule from LAN to VPN:

Now you need to configure the DNS The simplest approach is to use Google DNS for the WAN interface of the router and to set the router DNS:

Please wait for atleast 1-2 mins after the router is rebooted and then relogin and go to OpenVPN tab under VPN to check the connection status

Your PureVPN profile is activated and you are connected to VPN.

Log in as Root to the router via SSH using Terminal, or a client of your choice i.e PuTTY

By default, the address is 192.168.1.1 but it might differ from yours. If you do not know the address of your router, consult the router’s vendor support.

The default username and password are both set as root but it may differ if you have changed it from your end.

Ensure your package is up to date on your system. Run the command below:

opkg update

Install OpenVPN client package:

opkg install openvpn-openssl luci-app-openvpn

Now head to /etc/openvpn/

Create a file called tls-auth.key

vi tls-auth.key

Open the Wdc.key file from the Open VPN files folder (you just downloaded), copy and paste its content in the text editor, and save it.

Next, create a file called userpass.txt

vi userpass.txt

Enter your PureVPN Username and Password on the first line and the second line respectively and save it.

Purevpn0sxxxx

VPN Password

Create OpenVPN configuration.

Login to the Router’s Luci Web panel from your browser.

Navigate to Services > OpenVPN

Create a new instance named PureVPN and select the 3rd option from the drop-down: Simple client configuration for a routed point-to-point VPN.

Click Add.

Click the Switch to the advanced configuration at the top right corner of the page to start configuring the OpenVPN connection.

Under the Services tab, just ensure the verb is set to 1

Click Save.

Next, click the Networking tab

Ensure these details are as below, leave others as it is.

port: 53

nobind: Checked

persist_tun : Checked

Note: If the stated field is not there, scroll down and select it from the Additional Field drop-down and click Add

Click Save.

Next, click on the VPN tab.

Ensure these details are as below, leave others as it is.

client : Checked

auth_user_pass: /etc/openvpn/userpass.txt

remote: de2-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com

roto: udpresolv_retry: infinite

The example above is set to connect to our German server i.e. de2-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com. If you wish to connect to another country, please refer to the full list of server names that you can connect by clicking here.

Click Save.

Next, click the Cryptography tab.

Ensure these details are as below, leave others as it is.

auth: SHA1

cipher: AES-256-CBC

mute_replay_warnings: Checked

tls_client: Checked

ca: Upload the CA file that you downloaded earlier

tls_auth: /etc/openvpn/tls-auth.key

auth_nocache: Checked

remote_cert_tls: server

key_direction: 1

Click on Save & Apply.

Create VPN interface.

Navigate to Network > Interfaces

Click Add New Interface

Click Submit.

Click Add.

Configure the firewall as below.

For Inter-Zone Forwarding:

Select Allow forward from source zones

lan: Checked

wifi: Checked(if you have wifi interface configured)

Once that is done, click on Save & Apply.

Connection complete.

Pure VPN is now configured in your OpenWRT router!

Go to Services > OpenVPN, check the box for Enabled next to PureVPN, then click the Start button to initiate the connection.

The connection should be completed within seconds, once connected you can confirm this by checking from the website: www.ipaddress.com

If the VPN connection doesn’t start then go to the /var/etc/client.conf directory, open the OpenVPN file and remove the line “secret shared-secret.key” save the file, and then recheck to connect.

If you are unable to access the Internet when the VPN is connected, look through the Firewall settings again, and ensure it’s set correctly before trying again.

If you are unable to connect to the VPN, navigate to Status > System Log and share it with us on your 24/7 support.