How to Setup Tomato L2TP

Tomato L2TP Setup

Flashing instructions with ASUS RT-N16 There is an official tutorial for installing Tomato firmware on Asus routers: http://tomatousb.org/tut:installing-on-asus-rt-n16 And below you'll find usermade instructions for this purpose: At this point you still have the original firmware on your router installed. First you need to install the DD-WRT firmware to be able to flash Tomato firmware later. E.g. install dd-wrt.v24-15778_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_RT-N16.trx using the webconfiguration of the router. Now your router is flashed with DD-WRT firmware. Now do a hard reset (30-30-30). Change the .trx suffix [tomato-K26USB-1.28.9054MIPSR2-beta-vpn3.6.trx] to .bin [tomato-K26USB-1.28.9054MIPSR2-beta-vpn3.6.bin]. Use the DD-WRT webconfiguration to flash the Tomato Firmware onto the router. Do a hard reset (30-30-30) Perform a thorough NVRAM erase (Administration > Configuration: Restore Default Configuration) by selecting [Erase all data in NVRAM memory (thorough)]. Make sure to click OK. Set the routers IP address similar to your gateway router/DSL modem (e.g. if gateway is 192.168.0.1, set the router to 192.168.0.2 or 192.168.1.1) (Basic > Network: LAN) Set the IP Address Range accordingly. Click Save. Click Reboot. Note: You must first install DD-WRT firmware before you can flash Tomato firmware. Flashing Tomato firmware over a router original firmware will most likely not work.
VPN configuration Go to the Tomato routers web configuration, usually by typing 192.168.1.1 in your browser Now in the menu, go to Basic / Network Here, please set: Type: L2TP Username: Your VPN account username Password: Your PPTP password (not account password. Get the PPTP password in the VPN control panel under "PPTP servers") L2TP Server: The L2TP server IPs can be found @ http://hidemyass.com/vpn Use DHCP: Check Use Default Gateway on Remote Network: Check Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Options: Leave blank Connect mode: Keep alive Check Interval: 30 MTU: Manual – 1460 After you have entered the settings from above hit “Save”. The router will apply the settings and you will be connected to VPN. You can always check if your IP has changed at http://whatismyipaddress.com/