Hello. After dozens of times trying, it worked. BUT. Your guide is misleading. In the newer version, in the created general interface settings, there are both Public and Private keys required. In your video and tutorial (4:32) there is only a Private Key. The problem is that your PERSONAL keys (2:42) are fully different from what you see in the downloaded config WireGuard file (4:37). In GENERAL settings you should put your OWN keys to authenticate you as a SurfShark user, but in PEERS you should place keys from the config file. Without doing that nothing worked. I've no idea why you didn't mention that and I spent an hour with my WIFI and LAN completely broken with no access to the internet solving this. Plus, you didn't say a thing about how to turn the VPN off and how to switch between locations. Maybe that's a chance to create another video on that subject where you provide additional information.
@@SurfsharkAcademy Thank you! Also, for some reason, Surfshark says that my connection is protected and there is no DNS leakage, but in fact my substituted IP address correlates with the selected and current location while browsers and apps think I'm located in the Netherlands (but I have an IP from another country). This results in blocked content for my country and I constantly see Holland ads and the whole internet experience is optimized for the Netherlands. How come?
I hope in detailed guides on which are the models of modems and routers and modems-routers compatible and best performing on which to install open-wrt and on how to install it, so as to really give us a great help, it would be wonderful!! I can't wait for you to add the dedicated IP address for each European country (with dedicated and unshared stacks), with their own manual configuration of wireguard I love you and thanks for the manual configuration of wireguard which I have been waiting for too, too long!
I recently updated the firmware on my Asus RT-AX86U, and it totally changed the UI. Right now I am stumbling around, trying to find tutorial(s) on how to setup surfshark on the new Asus router firmware. So far I've found NOTHING that applies to Asus's new firmware/UI. Hope to see Surfshark provide that information SOON!
Will this setup work for a Multi Wan (2 or more ISPs for WAN) configuration? A network topology diagram showing the hierarchy of the LAN (br0), WG (wg0), and the WAN zones would be helpful.
@@yueliu8791 Yes, with the last firmware 3.215 you can set by glinet interface, go wirguard client >add new,>configuration and then copy and paste the downloaded configurationn file (not drop it inside but copy the text). It'e very easy and it works at all.
There is no such package now. What I find is luci-proto-wireguard. Now there are also wg-installer-client and wg-installer-server. Maybe what is needed is the wg-installer-client?
The downside to this is, as opposed to using the vpn on the clients , instead of on the router, is that every time you want to enable/disable it, you have to reboot the router, not super convenient. But works. EDIT: You can actually restart only the wg interface when enabling, and all the interfaces when disabling, so no need to restart the entire router. Works.
Is kill switch active here ? What if I want the kill switch to be (off) and when the vpn server is down, the connection falls back to my original ISP internet? Thanks
Unfortunately Xfinity routers don't support VPNs. Look into flashing your router if it's supported by OpenWRT or DD-WRT. Find a video on our channel all about it!
This works great for mainly all day having all my devices connected, but when it comes to playing i get a lag from the vpn, and id like to know if there's like a way to switch / turn on or off a vpn for a single device on the router? or shutdown the vpn on the router. Because if i disable the interface the internet goes down but not the network. please advise on this...
What about Suncomm VPN routers with Wireguard installed. I would like to know set up on this with VPN provider that allow Wireguard protocol accesses. Thanks. 😊
I have followed this video and it appears to be working, it is on the updated firmware but I seem to have the keys ok - but can I ask - this is for all IP's on my network, how can I specify 1 or 2 IP's only to route via the VPN and all other traffic to be 'normal' - I guess it is somewhere in 'Allowed IP's'?
Have you got tutorial videos for installing openvpn on openwrt routers? Stuck in transferring the server file to the router using pscp or winscp. Please help..Thanks
I followed every step and it worked fine until I turned off my router for the day, putting it on the next day, it wouldn't work, I noticed that packets are been send but not being received (RX: 0 B (0PKTS)). I started the vpn set up all over again and it worked but I hit the same problem each time I turn off and turn on my router. how can I fix this?
Nice tutorial. I can't wait to try it on my openwrt device. How about mikrotik router os setup. Could you please make a tutorial video for wiregurd setup in ROS's wireguard too?
Can you post a video on the process for AsusWRT routers with stock firmware such as the XT8 mesh system? I would like to use the Asus VPN Fusion functionality to run my cameras, a Roku and a security alarm system through a Wireguard tunnel. Thanks.
Thanks for considering posting a video on installing Wireguard on an AsusWRT router. I followed the VPN Fusion instructions on the Asus website in conjunction with this very informative video ua-cam.com/video/udsZNGK9Mt4/v-deo.html and found out uploading the Surfshark Wireguard configuration file populates all of the information needed to activate the Wireguard protocol on a router such as the XT8 mesh system. I assumed I would have to enter the Allowed IPs, Endpoint Address, Endpoint Port, etc. but that was not the case. No information has to be entered after you login to your router and upload the configuration file for the location of your choice. The only issue I am having now is that the download speeds on my Windows 10 desktop (with the Surfshark VPN on) have dropped from around 750 Mbps to 250 Mbps. I am using the Surfshark app for Windows and several other devices and Wireguard on the Asus XT8 for my IoT devices. I am guessing the VPN on the router is negatively impacting the performance of the rest of the system (phones, tablets, firesticks, etc.) and there is no fix for that.
Won't supporting an Esp32 be more efficient? I think that would be very simple to build a device that interrupts the rj45 cable and applies the VPN before any router. Any configuration could be done using the internal Bluetooth of the Esp32 through a simple smartphone. With that, any VPN configuration current present in the app could be used on the proposed device.
The tutorial is great, BUT, since OpenWRT upgraded its version, some parts have varied and I'm unable to complete the instalation of the shurfshark Wireless on the router (raspberry Pi 4 in my case). It could be great if you could PLEASE update it.
Hey I'll see if we can update the article at the very least, until then I'd recommend contacting Surfshark customer support available 24/7 via Surfshark Help Center page, thanks for reporting!
@@SurfsharkAcademyAn updated tutorial or guideline would be great! I've already seen varuious users looking for it at the OpenWRT forum... and we are all Surfshark customers 😋. I've never used the customer support, but I'll give it a try.
Hi there! I’ve been in love with Surfshark for almost a year! I recently upgrade my router to OPNSense and I have vlans setup for iOT and such but I can’t find a tutorial on how to setup Surfshark on OPNSense, can you please make a tutorial on it?
I know I'm late to this party but I followed the instructions and all I see is packets being sent and nothing received. Follows the instructions to the letter.
Didn't work for me at all, even when the interface is showing some pacakges movement it takes years to load something, network shows as limited in almost all phones and i also tried using the public key from the website as someone suggested but it was worse or basically the same.
Acabei de comprar também o One Surfshark, VPN, tenho Um roteador ASUS AX7800 XTP e tenho o Wiregard, mas não consigo mudar a região pede sempre para desativar o perfil e não sei como, antes de mudar a região do IP. Obrigado
I followed all the step to configure the VPN. the interface shows there are packets going through the Wireguard interface, but my Mac is still not "protected" because surfshark still tells me that. I also saw that it may be because my Apple products such as Mac and iPhone are using IPv6 instead of v4. Is that the reason? Help! UPDATE: I stopped the WAN6 interface, and it worked because all my devices had to use IPv4. But is there a way that we don't have to do that? Thank you. UPDATE 2: Finally decided to uninstall WG0. The VPN will only work when devices do not connect to WAN6, which means I have to shut that down. When it VPN is on, it works as shown. But when I have to stop the VPN, it presents a whole host of problems; such as apps still thinking I'm on a VPN, certain websites don't load, What Is My IP does not detect anything IP and just keeps churning...etc. I was so hoping I can just turn the VPN on and off with a click, but I guess I'll have to install it when I need it.
hey thanks for the informative video. i use router XIAOMI 4A on OpenWRT 22 (+Wireguard)... and i followed 100% your steps, but once i have a connection to the surfshark VPN, my internet download speed reaches only 30% of its full speed. in comparison to that, when i enable wireguard via mobile phone app, it reaches 100% of the speed. do you have any idea how i can improve my download speed on the router? i checked also the routers load, but it seems to be fine... would be happy for any tipps
Good info, but one needs to be done for Asus routers running regular firmware and not ones running ROG firmware. I can't get Wireguard to run at all, as soon as it is enabled it kills my internet connection.
Thank you for this video. I followed it exactly but then my internet stopped working altogether. However, my internet source is coming from a public WiFi, and I already have a different interface set up for WWAN (Wireless WAN).
@@SurfsharkAcademy @Surfshark Academy under the status menu for WireGuard it says there is no handshake. The wg0 interface shows no packets. I tried to connect to my mobile hotspot WiFi but still had the same result. I got internet working by using the Gateway Metric settings to revert to the WAN.
Tried the latest released ASUS AX86U firmware which supports wireguard, but some how its not working don't know why. It shows VPN connected on the router, but the peer I set has broken network.. anyone has the same issue? Please 🥺🙏
Why doesn't Asus just tell us we need to finish building there router before we buy it $250 Canadian dollars? I don't know of any other router that takes days to figure out how to install a simple VPN connection! Asus RT-AX86U Pro
Hello. After dozens of times trying, it worked. BUT. Your guide is misleading. In the newer version, in the created general interface settings, there are both Public and Private keys required. In your video and tutorial (4:32) there is only a Private Key. The problem is that your PERSONAL keys (2:42) are fully different from what you see in the downloaded config WireGuard file (4:37). In GENERAL settings you should put your OWN keys to authenticate you as a SurfShark user, but in PEERS you should place keys from the config file. Without doing that nothing worked. I've no idea why you didn't mention that and I spent an hour with my WIFI and LAN completely broken with no access to the internet solving this. Plus, you didn't say a thing about how to turn the VPN off and how to switch between locations. Maybe that's a chance to create another video on that subject where you provide additional information.
@@SurfsharkAcademy Thank you! Also, for some reason, Surfshark says that my connection is protected and there is no DNS leakage, but in fact my substituted IP address correlates with the selected and current location while browsers and apps think I'm located in the Netherlands (but I have an IP from another country). This results in blocked content for my country and I constantly see Holland ads and the whole internet experience is optimized for the Netherlands. How come?
I hope in detailed guides on which are the models of modems and routers and modems-routers compatible and best performing on which to install open-wrt and on how to install it, so as to really give us a great help, it would be wonderful!!
I can't wait for you to add the dedicated IP address for each European country (with dedicated and unshared stacks), with their own manual configuration of wireguard
I love you and thanks for the manual configuration of wireguard which I have been waiting for too, too long!
I recently updated the firmware on my Asus RT-AX86U, and it totally changed the UI. Right now I am stumbling around, trying to find tutorial(s) on how to setup surfshark on the new Asus router firmware. So far I've found NOTHING that applies to Asus's new firmware/UI. Hope to see Surfshark provide that information SOON!
Thanks a lot, I followed a bad tutorial first and ended up with a broken network, appreciate the help!
7:31 Why did you set "reject" in the first part of the settings and "allow forward" in the lower options?
Wiregard protocol. Is it possible to download configuration data? I need it to install on the router...
Any word on manual wire guard for dd-wrt routers?
@@SurfsharkAcademy Thanks for the update!
Will this setup work for a Multi Wan (2 or more ISPs for WAN) configuration? A network topology diagram showing the hierarchy of the LAN (br0), WG (wg0), and the WAN zones would be helpful.
why is the title clickbaity? this is a surfshark tutorial
wireguard is a VPN feature, surfshark has it.
It's a good guide this channel isn't a normal ad channel this is a good tech channel
@@usernameadamgames I didn't say anything about Wireguard. The title was different when I made the comment.
@@danzen6246 There were no ads involved. The title was different back then, they fixed it.
@@SonnyDarvish no
Thanks for this guide, I have a GLiNet MT300N V2, but in the advanced menù of wg0 interface there isn't the DNS option...
me too, i don't know how to set. are you set?
@@yueliu8791 Yes, with the last firmware 3.215 you can set by glinet interface, go wirguard client >add new,>configuration and then copy and paste the downloaded configurationn file (not drop it inside but copy the text). It'e very easy and it works at all.
what is the result? did you do a speedtest with that setup?
Could you please make a video on how to flash OpenWRT on TP Link Archer C7
Works well thanks for the detailed tutorial
surfshark you are the best you take customer wishes was finally wireguard manuel for router Greetings from Germany
with the new year will you be able to introduce the new protocols is the dedicated ip address?
I click I already have key, than I see "Please create a name for this key pair to add it to your connections." why?
Will this work with Deeper Network DPN?
Thanks a lot!
It doesn’t work
thx for the video....How can I simply turn VPN off without deleting everything ?
try going into "Interfaces" and click "STOP" under wg0
@Sufshark Academy I went through this a few times and my speeds went from 300 down to 30 down. How can this be fixed?
There is no such package now. What I find is luci-proto-wireguard. Now there are also wg-installer-client and wg-installer-server. Maybe what is needed is the wg-installer-client?
How to setup the surfshark wireguard on Mikrotik routerOS?
The downside to this is, as opposed to using the vpn on the clients , instead of on the router, is that every time you want to enable/disable it, you have to reboot the router, not super convenient. But works.
EDIT: You can actually restart only the wg interface when enabling, and all the interfaces when disabling, so no need to restart the entire router. Works.
Is kill switch active here ?
What if I want the kill switch to be (off) and when the vpn server is down, the connection falls back to my original ISP internet?
Thanks
I can do all this for my Xfinity router? Or only for vpn routers
Unfortunately Xfinity routers don't support VPNs. Look into flashing your router if it's supported by OpenWRT or DD-WRT. Find a video on our channel all about it!
May I know, once I installed this, how can I disable it momentarily? Is it to click on the STOP button under Interface tab? Thank you.
Can I get that download speed even though the ISP set me a 10mbps connection?
when I go to the interface it's showing data up and down but when I try to surf web pages aren't loading.
Thanks for this tutorial. Guest lan lost connection with wireguard, can you help me?
This works great for mainly all day having all my devices connected, but when it comes to playing i get a lag from the vpn, and id like to know if there's like a way to switch / turn on or off a vpn for a single device on the router? or shutdown the vpn on the router. Because if i disable the interface the internet goes down but not the network.
please advise on this...
What about Suncomm VPN routers with Wireguard installed. I would like to know set up on this with VPN provider that allow Wireguard protocol accesses. Thanks. 😊
I have followed this video and it appears to be working, it is on the updated firmware but I seem to have the keys ok - but can I ask - this is for all IP's on my network, how can I specify 1 or 2 IP's only to route via the VPN and all other traffic to be 'normal' - I guess it is somewhere in 'Allowed IP's'?
is there a guide for opnsense?
Sadly not at the moment
How do you flash asus router with openwrt firmware .thanks
I've made a flashing tutorial for OpenWRT on our channel check it out
The problem port 51820 is closed is some areas.
How to set it up on Asus RT-AX53U router?
Have you got tutorial videos for installing openvpn on openwrt routers? Stuck in transferring the server file to the router using pscp or winscp. Please help..Thanks
I followed every step and it worked fine until I turned off my router for the day, putting it on the next day, it wouldn't work, I noticed that packets are been send but not being received (RX: 0 B (0PKTS)). I started the vpn set up all over again and it worked but I hit the same problem each time I turn off and turn on my router. how can I fix this?
Do you have a list of compatible routers ?
did you find anything?
Is there a way to find out if my router is capable of installing firmware to use wireguard vpn. It’s a Netgear Nighthawk mesh system.
Nice tutorial. I can't wait to try it on my openwrt device. How about mikrotik router os setup. Could you please make a tutorial video for wiregurd setup in ROS's wireguard too?
Thanks for your sharing
Could this work on a Asus model RT-AC66U B1?? I am having speed problems Disney app doesn’t open
what about Fritzbox? (7590)
Need an uodate video.....Luci-Apps-Wireguard is gone and now you can import a "Config File" for the settings
Can you post a video on the process for AsusWRT routers with stock firmware such as the XT8 mesh system? I would like to use the Asus VPN Fusion functionality to run my cameras, a Roku and a security alarm system through a Wireguard tunnel. Thanks.
Thanks for considering posting a video on installing Wireguard on an AsusWRT router. I followed the VPN Fusion instructions on the Asus website in conjunction with this very informative video ua-cam.com/video/udsZNGK9Mt4/v-deo.html and found out uploading the Surfshark Wireguard configuration file populates all of the information needed to activate the Wireguard protocol on a router such as the XT8 mesh system. I assumed I would have to enter the Allowed IPs, Endpoint Address, Endpoint Port, etc. but that was not the case. No information has to be entered after you login to your router and upload the configuration file for the location of your choice.
The only issue I am having now is that the download speeds on my Windows 10 desktop (with the Surfshark VPN on) have dropped from around 750 Mbps to 250 Mbps. I am using the Surfshark app for Windows and several other devices and Wireguard on the Asus XT8 for my IoT devices. I am guessing the VPN on the router is negatively impacting the performance of the rest of the system (phones, tablets, firesticks, etc.) and there is no fix for that.
Won't supporting an Esp32 be more efficient? I think that would be very simple to build a device that interrupts the rj45 cable and applies the VPN before any router.
Any configuration could be done using the internal Bluetooth of the Esp32 through a simple smartphone. With that, any VPN configuration current present in the app could be used on the proposed device.
The tutorial is great, BUT, since OpenWRT upgraded its version, some parts have varied and I'm unable to complete the instalation of the shurfshark Wireless on the router (raspberry Pi 4 in my case). It could be great if you could PLEASE update it.
Hey I'll see if we can update the article at the very least, until then I'd recommend contacting Surfshark customer support available 24/7 via Surfshark Help Center page, thanks for reporting!
@@SurfsharkAcademyAn updated tutorial or guideline would be great! I've already seen varuious users looking for it at the OpenWRT forum... and we are all Surfshark customers 😋. I've never used the customer support, but I'll give it a try.
Hi,
thank you for the video
it works great
but I have one small problem I still have dns leak even after adding the dns to wan
How can I reverse all these?
Yes, please make a video on how-to flashing video for open wrt.
Hi there! I’ve been in love with Surfshark for almost a year! I recently upgrade my router to OPNSense and I have vlans setup for iOT and such but I can’t find a tutorial on how to setup Surfshark on OPNSense, can you please make a tutorial on it?
My rx in WG0 not running🥺
I know I'm late to this party but I followed the instructions and all I see is packets being sent and nothing received. Follows the instructions to the letter.
Didn't work for me at all, even when the interface is showing some pacakges movement it takes years to load something, network shows as limited in almost all phones and i also tried using the public key from the website as someone suggested but it was worse or basically the same.
Acabei de comprar também o One Surfshark, VPN, tenho Um roteador ASUS AX7800 XTP e tenho o Wiregard, mas não consigo mudar a região pede sempre para desativar o perfil e não sei como, antes de mudar a região do IP. Obrigado
flawless explained.
Glad you found it helpful!
nice to see video like this.
I followed all the step to configure the VPN. the interface shows there are packets going through the Wireguard interface, but my Mac is still not "protected" because surfshark still tells me that. I also saw that it may be because my Apple products such as Mac and iPhone are using IPv6 instead of v4. Is that the reason? Help!
UPDATE: I stopped the WAN6 interface, and it worked because all my devices had to use IPv4. But is there a way that we don't have to do that? Thank you.
UPDATE 2: Finally decided to uninstall WG0. The VPN will only work when devices do not connect to WAN6, which means I have to shut that down. When it VPN is on, it works as shown. But when I have to stop the VPN, it presents a whole host of problems; such as apps still thinking I'm on a VPN, certain websites don't load, What Is My IP does not detect anything IP and just keeps churning...etc. I was so hoping I can just turn the VPN on and off with a click, but I guess I'll have to install it when I need it.
Excellent Content .. Thank You for sharing .. Cheers :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
is this solution work in China?
Where are instructions for Netgear R7000 Firmware VersionDD-WRT v3.0-r44715 std (11/03/20)...I have a completely different interface, Thanks.
@@SurfsharkAcademy I'll ck it out, thanks.
hey thanks for the informative video. i use router XIAOMI 4A on OpenWRT 22 (+Wireguard)... and i followed 100% your steps, but once i have a connection to the surfshark VPN, my internet download speed reaches only 30% of its full speed.
in comparison to that, when i enable wireguard via mobile phone app, it reaches 100% of the speed.
do you have any idea how i can improve my download speed on the router?
i checked also the routers load, but it seems to be fine...
would be happy for any tipps
Have you figured it out, what caused the low speed issue?
Good info, but one needs to be done for Asus routers running regular firmware and not ones running ROG firmware. I can't get Wireguard to run at all, as soon as it is enabled it kills my internet connection.
@@SurfsharkAcademy, Thanks i will search the settings.
@@SurfsharkAcademy Can I ask you to make an instruction on how to use this connection protocol on Asuswrt-Merlin firmware?
why it is not working on me?
Thank you for this video. I followed it exactly but then my internet stopped working altogether. However, my internet source is coming from a public WiFi, and I already have a different interface set up for WWAN (Wireless WAN).
@@SurfsharkAcademy @Surfshark Academy under the status menu for WireGuard it says there is no handshake. The wg0 interface shows no packets.
I tried to connect to my mobile hotspot WiFi but still had the same result.
I got internet working by using the Gateway Metric settings to revert to the WAN.
I ❤️ to see 2 Smart DNS at the end of the video.
MMA BOUT
Marcus Buchecha vs. Kirill Grishenko
Tried the latest released ASUS AX86U firmware which supports wireguard, but some how its not working don't know why. It shows VPN connected on the router, but the peer I set has broken network.. anyone has the same issue? Please 🥺🙏
Would be great to see these instructions on Keenetic
At the moment I don't have a Keenetic router to test, but I'll ask around see if I can get one.
Why doesn't Asus just tell us we need to finish building there router before we buy it $250 Canadian dollars? I don't know of any other router that takes days to figure out how to install a simple VPN connection! Asus RT-AX86U Pro
peers选项里endpoint host填名字的话根本连接不通，应该填服务器 IP才对。所以这个视频又是一处误导
前面一处的误导是interface里的公钥和私钥不应该来自记事本里那个，而应该是网页里随机生成的那两个，新版本openwrt里公钥也要填，不过公钥再怎么填错也会自动根据私钥修正
8:30取消使用server DNS改用customer DNS也會使VPN不通
Такая настройка на телефоне съедает 30% батарейки
outdated guide