Working DD WRT releases - TobseTobse/DD-WRT_NordVPN GitHub Wiki
Before you're going to buy a (new or used) router, please consider that decrypting VPN packets takes a lot of CPU power. So the faster the router's CPU, the faster your VPN connection.
DD-WRT firmware can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com - Please check the right release on https://dd-wrt.com before you download and flash. Your device must be listed in https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices.
The DD-WRT NordVPN scripts are known to work with the following router models and DD-WRT releases:
- Asus RT-AC68U: DD-WRT v3.0-r49677 std (08/10/22) - https://ftp.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2022/08-10-2022-r49677/asus-rt-ac68u
- Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 (R7000): Kong release v3.0-r39960M kongac (06/08/19) - https://www.myopenrouter.com/download/r7000p-dd-wrt-kong-summer-firmware-update initial flash: *R7000.chk or webupgrade: *ARM_STD.bin
- Netgear Nighthawk X4S AC2600 (R7800): v3.0-r34900M kongat (02/14/18) (no URL provided)
- ASRock G10 (AC2600): v3.0-r44719 std (11/04/20) - https://ftp.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2020/11-03-2020-r44715/asrock-g10
These routers are NOT SUPPORTED by our scripts anymore due to low memory and missing openssl library in DD-WRT:
TP-Link TL-WDR3600 v3: v3.0-r30731 std (10/06/16) - used v1 firmware from ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2016/10-06-2016-r30731/tplink_tl-wdr3600v1TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v1.1: v3.0-r27783 std (09/08/15) - used v2 firmware from ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2015/09-08-2015-r27783/tplink_tl-wr1043nd-v2TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v1.8: v3.0-r32170 std (06/01/17) - ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2017/06-01-2017-r32170/tplink_tl-wr1043ndTP-Link TL-WR1043ND v3.0: v3.0-r36698 std (08/22/18) - used v3 firmware from ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2018/08-22-2018-r36698/tplink_tl-wr1043nd-v3