Dear fellow members,
I am trying to install VPN packages through LUCI but due to small memory, I cannot install both openvpn-openssl and luci-app-openvpn, Actually, second package is loaded but openssl is too big. Is there a way to free some memory (uninstall some unused S/W)?
Is there a lighter firmware version to load?
Regards from Greece,
John P.
Go for Wireguard instead?
No, NordVPN does not support Wireguard...
John P.
First thing to try would be to use the OpenVPN package that shares the same SSL library that is already installed for wpad and other programs, which I think is mbedtls instead of openssl.
luci-app-openvpn is not very large but it is also not complicated to configure OpenVPN with the CLI instead of Luci when you have an .ovpn file supplied by your VPN service.
Using the Image Builder or owut to cram down your extra packages into the squashfs ROM can save considerable space. Also this is necessary if you want to remove a default package from the ROM. opkg remove (which is behind the Remove button in the GUI) marks it as deleted but cannot reclaim the space.
Keep in mind that the v1 has only 8 MB flash (and non-functional 5 GHz wireless), that is getting very tight - but your VPN service apparently does support (the smaller) wireguard as well.
Although NordVPN has this option as NordLynx, they replied me back that they cannot (!) help me setup my router. They forced me to go to a router that supports OpenVPN.
Regards,
John P.
no, you forced yourself ...
Configure Wireguard client for connecting to Nordvpn usind Nordlynx (Wireguard), if that's not enough, I'm sure there's content on YT describing the same thing.
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