VPN on your router: overview

Put RealVPN on your router and every device at home is protected automatically — smart TVs, consoles and smart speakers included, and they don’t count as separate devices.

TV, console, laptop, phones

Connect to Wi-Fi as usual — nothing to install.

▼ your home Wi-Fi

Router with RealVPN (OpenVPN client)

Encrypts everything before it leaves your home. Uses one device on your account.

▼ encrypted tunnel

RealVPN server → the internet

Websites see the server’s IP and country.

Is my router supported?

Your router needs an OpenVPN client. Most modern ASUS, Keenetic, MikroTik, GL.iNet and many TP-Link routers have one; any router that runs OpenWrt, DD-WRT, pfSense or OPNsense does too.

Brand / firmware	Where to find it	What you upload	Guide
ASUS (ASUSWRT, Merlin)	VPN → VPN Fusion / VPN Client	.ovpn file	Open
Keenetic	Internet → Other connections	.ovpn contents	Open
MikroTik (RouterOS 7)	Interfaces → OVPN Client	Certificates	Open
TP-Link (Archer, Deco)	Advanced → VPN Client	.ovpn file	Open
GL.iNet	VPN → OpenVPN Client	.ovpn file	Open
OpenWrt	VPN → OpenVPN (LuCI)	.ovpn file	Open
pfSense / OPNsense	VPN → OpenVPN → Clients	Certificates	Open
DD-WRT	Services → VPN	Certificates	Open
Synology (SRM, DSM)	Network Center / Control Panel	.ovpn file	Open
UniFi gateways	Settings → VPN → VPN Client	.ovpn file	Open

Before you start

On Manual VPN setup choose OpenVPN UDP (use TCP only if UDP doesn’t connect), a location and New manual device, then press Generate config.
For MikroTik, pfSense and DD-WRT also press Certificates (.zip) — you’ll get ca.crt, client.crt and client.key.
Our configs use certificates, not a username and password — leave those fields empty.

Speed: encryption runs on the router’s CPU. Budget routers may top out at 20–50 Mbit/s; recent mid-range and high-end models are much faster. No OpenVPN client on your router? A GL.iNet travel router placed behind it is the cheapest fix.