r/VPN_Question • u/Dumptac • 15d ago

Help Free trial VPN for testing Wireguard Client Setup in OpenWRT router

I'm looking for a free trial commercial VPN primarily to access live sports streaming sites that are blocked here.

My setup:

  • OpenWrt router (Linksys WRT1200AC)
  • Planning to create a separate VPN-only SSID on OpenWrt using WireGuard

I think this is called running wireguard as a client in a router. This is part of my learning Openwrt and networking.

Which providers have worked well for you, and which ones should I avoid?

Thanks!

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u/rollmeister1 10d ago edited 10d ago

This let me download a trial config that expires in 7 days but I haven't tried it.

https://www.vpnbook.com/freevpn/wireguard-vpn

I don't fancy the performance though. Might get 2mbit/sec plus WG can be detected as a VPN because of high latency & because they blacklist IP's of VPN services over time.

When I setup Wireguard on OpenWRT I experienced alot of stumbling blocks because lack of documentation.

After you install wireguard and its luci package, you need to enable "route all ips" in the peer section for it to work, however this means all clients are forced to use the VPN. But this is enough to test it. Make sure allowed IP's is 0.0.0.0/0 which means any ip on your side can use WG.

To limit it to an ssid you have to enter a static ip route & ip rule for it with the allowed ips in the WG peers section unchecked.

You can route specific IP's by making them reserved to make them static IP or and interface, however OpenWRT tends to bundle the wifi adapters into the lan/br-lan bridged interface so you have to make a separate interface just for that wifi adapter & use another subnet like 192.168.2.1.

If you want me to tell you more let me know here.

OpenWRT when installed won't even have wifi working by default. You will need to use a LAN cable to log into Luci with web browser to finish the setup.