How To Install Dd Wrt On Linksys E1200 V2 Review

Router setup wizard from Astrill application

Quick and Intuitive way to install Astrill vpn on Router.

It is mandatory to have a router which is flashed with DD-WRT or Tomato firmware and then you can use this Router Setup Wizard to install Astrill applet onto your router.

The router is listed on the link that you provided so probably it will be able to support your need. But just to remind you though, installing a 3rt party firmware to your router will automatically void the warranty of that device. Download the firmware as mentioned in the wiki. Disconnect all cables except my laptop’s lan cable which is connected to a port in the router (don’t use wan port). Do a 30-30-30 reset on your router. Log-in to the web interface; go to admin and upgrade firmware.

I also checked support for OpenWRT, however only the V1 is listed was listed so I moved to DD-WRT. I finally started to have some hope when I found Linksys WRT1200AC v2 listed in the router database. However the page simply presents you two files to download with no explanation of what you should do with them.

Step 1

Click on HELP tab from Astrill applicatio and select Router Setup... option to open Router Setup Wizard.

Dd Wrt Linksys E1200 V2

Step 2

Select Install Astrill on my router', check Find my router automatically and click on Next button.

You will prompted that installation is successful.

Here's how Astrill VPN applet on DD-WRT firmware router looks like:

Here's how Astrill VPN applet on Tomato firmware router looks like:

You need a router with supported firmware:

DD-WRT: v24 Build 13309 or newer.

Supported builds: OpenVPN, Big, Mega, Giga.

Tomato: v1.28 or newer.

Supported build: VPN.

You can click here to view list of supported routers

Note: Router MUST have 8 MB FLASH MEMORY for OpenVPN to be installed.

Note2: We even provide pre-installed routers with Astrill VPN at very affordable rates. All Astrill VPN routers come preinstalled with Astrill VPN and ready to use immediately. You get access to all Astrill VPN servers (115 servers in 48 countries with free and unlimited switches), and you have option to add private IPs as well. You can order them from this page - https://www.astrill.com/astrill-vpn-routers

Web install from Astrill Members Area

Web install from DD-WRT

It is possible to install Astrill OpenVPN applet on DD-WRT compatible routers without using Astrill application. Please note that requirements are the same, minimal build is 13309 (v24 or newer; Mega, Big, VPN, OpenVPN builds).

To install Astrill OpenVPN applet on your router, first navigate to the router web control panel using your browser, e.g. it could be located on http://192.168.1.1. Click on tab Administration->Commands. If you are prompted for a password, the default is root/admin (unless you have changed it). You will see a screen similar to this one:

In the Commands box type:

Please replace YOUR_EMAIL and YOUR_PASSWORD with appropriate values and make sure you don’t remove backtick (`). It’s not an apostrophe (‘).

Then hit “Run Commands” and wait a few moments. If everything went correctly, you will see the following screen:

If you have any error on this step, please double check your firmware version, make sure it has OpenVPN 2.0+ The best is to contact our support and we can schedule a remote desktop session.

Astrill is now installed on tab Status->My Page, so let’s go there. You will see the following screen:

Choose a server from the drop down box and hit Connect. We will be soon adding more servers to Astrill DD-WRT.

If you run into any problems, make sure you tried the following:

Command-line setup methods

It is also possible to install Astrill applet on DD-WRT flashed routers using command line as well. You can check the following articles for reference.

Windows via telnet

For Windows, you might need to enable the Telnet(Windows built-in Client):

1. To Telnet into Router, kindly open Command Prompt and enter the following command 'Telnet Your Router's IP address', for e.g. 'telnet 192.168.4.1'

2. Once you will be able to see the login option, kindly input the login credentials

The username that should be used is 'root'.

Please note that while inputting the password, you will not be able to see any asterisks/stars or any characters. Hence, after entering the password simply press 'Enter' key.

3. After successful login, you will see that the command line path will change to root.

4. Then copy the command provided by the Members Page > TOOLS > Router Set-up, as mentioned in the screenshot below:

5. Then input the correct IP Address of router and click on 'Install'

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6. You will then be navigated to Router's Command Shell window. Just copy the command and paste it within Telnet window.

How To Install Dd Wrt On Linksys E1200 V2 Reviews

7. After successful installation of Astrill applet, you will be able to see the confirmation message(as mentioned within the screenshot below)

Windows via putty

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Mac OS X via terminal

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Update to Linksys E1200

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Texangeek
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 15:43 Post subject: Update to Linksys E1200

I have a E1200 V2 that is currently running in client bridge mode using DD-WRT v24-sp2 (05/27/13) - SVN 21676. I installed this firmware a few years back and everything seems to have been working fine (the router gives network access to my Yamaha receiver).
I'd like to switch from client bridge to repeater bridge to improve wifi signal strength on first floor of house however I stupidly did not save the account/password that I used when configuring the router initially. So it seems that the only way to get repeater bridge working is to reset the router. I'm assuming that I should perhaps take this opportunity to update to a newer build?.
Per the post below I'm thinking that build 33986 (dd-wrt.v24-33986_NEWD-2_K3.x_mega-nv64k.bin) would be reasonable to install on the router. For clarity, I understand the update process to be:
1) Remove computer from wireless/internet and connect to the E1200 using an ethernet cable.
2) Perform 30/30/30 reset of the router and allow time for the router to reboot.
3) Login to router and flash 33986 firmware from the webgui update page. Wait at least 3 mins (maybe 5 or more!).
4) Power cycle the router and wait for lights to settle (maybe 2 or 3 mins).
5) Perform hard (30/30/30) reset, login and proceed to configure the router for repeater bridge.
Is this a good build to use with the E1200 and do I have the correct understanding of the procedure to be followed?

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:06 Post subject: Reply with quote
jpp wrote:
I have been testing 33986 build (with Krack patch) for the last days on my secondary AP and so far so good.
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r33986 mega (12/04/17)
Time: 15:54:21 up 2 days, 5:10, load average: 0.16, 0.13, 0.07
JP
Based on jpp's comment, I decided to put this same build (dd-wrt.v24-33986_NEWD-2_K3.x_mega-nv64k.bin) on my Cisco/Linksys E1200 v2 as my very first foray into DD-WRT. I followed the Flashing Instructions including the Current Editor's Note, which took me from the Linksys firmware it came with to DD-WRT build 33555 mega, and then I flashed to 33986 from there.
On my fairly vanilla configuration I have 2 full days of uptime, 16,000MB of ingress, and 800MB of egress behind me. I'm using the default settings aside from changing the root password, renaming the SSID, enabling WPA2 Personal wireless security, and pointing DNS at DNS.WATCH's resolvers. An hour ago I also enabled the OpenVPN client, and it has been solid aside from the significantly reduced ingress capability of about 3Mbps (which at a glance appears to be bottlenecked at the router CPU, although I have not yet attempted to diagnose and could be a result of many factors external to the router).
The only two issues I have observed are trivial:
1. After applying Restore Factory Defaults, it is necessary to power cycle the router in order to bring it back to life. During the process of flashing from the original Linksys firmware to DD-WRT, I also observed this behavior on at least one of the older builds along the way. I've seen it mentioned in this Forum several times, so it is a known nuance.
2. Enabling HTTPS web access to the DD-WRT Control Panel does not appear to work. I'm not exposing the Control Panel to the outside, so https is not absolutely necessary for me, this is just something I noticed.
I am just writing this to share my experience with DD-WRT 33986 on the Linksys E1200 v2 router, and to thank jpp for sharing his experience with this build - I am not writing to ask for help at this time. I wanted to try configuring OpenVPN on a router current enough to have vulnerabilities like KRACK addressed, which lead me to DD-WRT. Perhaps the above will be useful to someone with similar thoughts.

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