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elCuculuz
Apprentice
Apr 29, 2020
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NightHawk XR500 and MullvadVPN

Hello!

 

I got myself a new XR500 today and cant seem to figure out how to setup the VPN on it using MullvadVPN provider. I went on mullvad site and generated a config file but I dont have any idea what to do with this now or where to put the file ,can anyone please assist me to configure Nighthawk XR500 with mullvad VPN , I have been looking at diffrent sites for info but cant find anything of help . 

 

thank you .

  • Netduma-Fraser's avatar
    Netduma-Fraser
    Apr 30, 2020
    Can you try this instead please:
    client
    dev tun
    proto udp
    remote-random
    remote 31.170.22.2 1196
    cipher AES-256-CBC
    resolv-retry infinite
    nobind
    persist-key
    persist-tun
    verb 3
    remote-cert-tls server
    ping 10
    ping-restart 60
    sndbuf 524288
    rcvbuf 524288
    fast-io
    auth-user-pass
    reneg-sec 0
    <ca>
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIGIzCCBAugAwIBAgIJAK6BqXN9GHI0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGfMQswCQYD
    VQQGEwJTRTERMA8GA1UECAwIR290YWxhbmQxEzARBgNVBAcMCkdvdGhlbmJ1cmcx
    FDASBgNVBAoMC0FtYWdpY29tIEFCMRAwDgYDVQQLDAdNdWxsdmFkMRswGQYDVQQD
    DBJNdWxsdmFkIFJvb3QgQ0EgdjIxIzAhBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWFHNlY3VyaXR5QG11
    bGx2YWQubmV0MB4XDTE4MTEwMjExMTYxMVoXDTI4MTAzMDExMTYxMVowgZ8xCzAJ
    BgNVBAYTAlNFMREwDwYDVQQIDAhHb3RhbGFuZDETMBEGA1UEBwwKR290aGVuYnVy
    ZzEUMBIGA1UECgwLQW1hZ2ljb20gQUIxEDAOBgNVBAsMB011bGx2YWQxGzAZBgNV
    BAMMEk11bGx2YWQgUm9vdCBDQSB2MjEjMCEGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYUc2VjdXJpdHlA
    bXVsbHZhZC5uZXQwggIiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4ICDwAwggIKAoICAQCifDn7
    5E/Zdx1qsy31rMEzuvbTXqZVZp4bjWbmcyyXqvnayRUHHoovG+lzc+HDL3HJV+kj
    xKpCMkEVWwjY159lJbQbm8kkYntBBREdzRRjjJpTb6haf/NXeOtQJ9aVlCc4dM66
    bEmyAoXkzXVZTQJ8h2FE55KVxHi5Sdy4XC5zm0wPa4DPDokNp1qm3A9Xicq3Hsfl
    LbMZRCAGuI+Jek6caHqiKjTHtujn6Gfxv2WsZ7SjerUAk+mvBo2sfKmB7octxG7y
    AOFFg7YsWL0AxddBWqgq5R/1WDJ9d1Cwun9WGRRQ1TLvzF1yABUerjjKrk89RCzY
    ISwsKcgJPscaDqZgO6RIruY/xjuTtrnZSv+FXs+Woxf87P+QgQd76LC0MstTnys+
    AfTMuMPOLy9fMfEzs3LP0Nz6v5yjhX8ff7+3UUI3IcMxCvyxdTPClY5IvFdW7CCm
    mLNzakmx5GCItBWg/EIg1K1SG0jU9F8vlNZUqLKz42hWy/xB5C4QYQQ9ILdu4ara
    PnrXnmd1D1QKVwKQ1DpWhNbpBDfE776/4xXD/tGM5O0TImp1NXul8wYsDi8g+e0p
    xNgY3Pahnj1yfG75Yw82spZanUH0QSNoMVMWnmV2hXGsWqypRq0pH8mPeLzeKa82
    gzsAZsouRD1k8wFlYA4z9HQFxqfcntTqXuwQcQIDAQABo2AwXjAdBgNVHQ4EFgQU
    faEyaBpGNzsqttiSMETq+X/GJ0YwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUfaEyaBpGNzsqttiSMETq
    +X/GJ0YwCwYDVR0PBAQDAgEGMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
    BQADggIBADH5izxu4V8Javal8EA4DxZxIHUsWCg5cuopB28PsyJYpyKipsBoI8+R
    XqbtrLLue4WQfNPZHLXlKi+A3GTrLdlnenYzXVipPd+n3vRZyofaB3Jtb03nirVW
    Ga8FG21Xy/f4rPqwcW54lxrnnh0SA0hwuZ+b2yAWESBXPxrzVQdTWCqoFI6/aRnN
    8RyZn0LqRYoW7WDtKpLmfyvshBmmu4PCYSh/SYiFHgR9fsWzVcxdySDsmX8wXowu
    Ffp8V9sFhD4TsebAaplaICOuLUgj+Yin5QzgB0F9Ci3Zh6oWwl64SL/OxxQLpzMW
    zr0lrWsQrS3PgC4+6JC4IpTXX5eUqfSvHPtbRKK0yLnd9hYgvZUBvvZvUFR/3/fW
    +mpBHbZJBu9+/1uux46M4rJ2FeaJUf9PhYCPuUj63yu0Grn0DreVKK1SkD5V6qXN
    0TmoxYyguhfsIPCpI1VsdaSWuNjJ+a/HIlKIU8vKp5iN/+6ZTPAg9Q7s3Ji+vfx/
    AhFtQyTpIYNszVzNZyobvkiMUlK+eUKGlHVQp73y6MmGIlbBbyzpEoedNU4uFu57
    mw4fYGHqYZmYqFaiNQv4tVrGkg6p+Ypyu1zOfIHF7eqlAOu/SyRTvZkt9VtSVEOV
    H7nDIGdrCC9U/g1Lqk8Td00Oj8xesyKzsG214Xd8m7/7GmJ7nXe5
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----
    </ca>
    tls-cipher TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384:TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA

    Try m as the password if it doesn't work otherwise.

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