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You may want to set the Windows service to "automatic". 1.7.4. OpenVPN for OpenWRT
OpenWRT is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices like WLAN router. There are certain types of WLAN routers who can be flashed to run OpenWRT. Depending on the available memory on your OpenWRT router you can run software like OpenVPN and you could for example build a small inexpensive branch office router with VPN connectivity to the central office. More info on OpenVPN on OpenWRT is here3. And here is the OpenWRT project's homepage: http://openwrt.org
Log into your OpenWRT router and install OpenVPN:
opkg update
opkg install openvpn
Check out /etc/config/openvpn and put your client config in there. Copy certificates and keys to /etc/openvpn/
config openvpn client1
option enable 1
option client 1
# option dev tap option dev tun option proto udp
option ca /etc/openvpn/ca.crt option cert /etc/openvpn/client.crt option key /etc/openvpn/client.key option comp_lzo 1
Restart OpenVPN on OpenWRT router to pick up the config
You will have to see if you need to adjust your router's routing and firewall rules.
3 http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/vpn.overview