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How to Configure Surfshark on QuRouter Using OpenVPN

Last modified date: 2022-09-21

This tutorial explains how to configure Surfshark VPN on QuRouter using OpenVPN.

Downloading Surfshark Server Information

The first step is to download a Surfshark OpenVPN configuration file. These files are used to configure QuRouter to access the Surfshark VPN server that best meets your needs.
  1. Go to https://surfshark.com/.
  2. Click Log in.
  3. Enter your email account information.
  4. Click Log in.
  5. Go to VPN > Manual setup.
  6. Click Router.
  7. Click OpenVPN.
  8. Copy the OpenVPN credentials.
    Tip:

    Click Generate New Credentials to create a new username and password.

  9. Click Locations.
  10. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click OpenVPN.

Surfshark downloads the single OpenVPN configuration file to your computer.

Creating an OpenVPN Connection in QuRouter

The next step is to configure the OpenVPN QVPN connection profile settings on QuRouter using the file you downloaded earlier.

Important:

  • When adding an OpenVPN connection, an OpenVPN configuration file is required to establish the connection.

  • To enable QVPN client service, ensure that you disable QVPN server service and QuWAN service.

  1. Log in to QuRouter.
  2. Go to QVPN Clients > QVPN Connection Profiles.
  3. Click Add Profile.

    The Create an OpenVPN Connection window appears.

  4. Configure the OpenVPN connection profile.

    Setting

    User Action

    OpenVPN connection profile

    Add an OpenVPN configuration file.

    1. Click Browse.

      A File Explorer window opens.

    2. Locate the OpenVPN configuration file.

    3. Click Open.

    OpenVPN connection profile name

    Specify a name to help identify this profile.

    Username

    Enter the copied username from the Surfshark website.

    Password

    Enter the copied password from the Surfshark website.
  5. Optional: Select Automatically reconnect to OpenVPN after restarting the server.
  6. Click Add.

QuRouter adds the QVPN connection profile.

Enabling the QVPN Client Service

  1. Log in to QuRouter.
  2. Go to QVPN Clients > QVPN Connection Profiles.
  3. Select an active profile.
  4. Click .

QuRouter enables the QVPN client service.

Tip:

To view the QVPN connection logs, go to QVPN Clients > QVPN Connection Logs.

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