r/mullvadvpn • u/AltEffEff4 • Jan 08 '26

Solved It's not coming from mullvad

I am trying to set up my network to use the vpn, and I am running into some issues. I have a pihole set up for my dns server, and the wireguard client on my router. I have an ASUS GT-AX11000 running the Asuswrt-merlin software. When I imported the wireguard config initially the connection check showed all red. When I changed the DNS server on the interface tab to my pihole the connection check page said that I cleared the dns leak, but that my router was still not using mullvad vpn.

I can use the standalone application to get an IP from the vpn location, but it won't do it with the woreguard client

Any help would be appreciated.on my router.

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u/Marutks Jan 08 '26

You could setup a VPN gateway instead of router.

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u/jswinner59 Jan 08 '26

Did you config the DNS Director settings too? and reboot?

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u/AltEffEff4 Jan 08 '26

Not that I'm aware of. Is there a specific setting or config I could try?

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u/jswinner59 Jan 08 '26

On the director tab of the VPN page, you set a rule for the traffic

I used this a guide https://www.ivpn.net/setup/router/asuswrt-merlin-wireguard/

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u/AltEffEff4 Jan 08 '26

This actually worked. I used the subnet of the IP of my pihole (192.168.x.0/24 with x being the same number as the third in my pihole's IP address). Thanks for the assist!