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The OpenVPN client daemon is quite a versatile little dude. Unfortunately, if you use it on a WRT based router to enable it for all devices on your network, it can be quite difficult to control, expecially if you use devices that don't have web browers.

In that sense, the VPN Light Switch solves this issue by creating an easy to use interface that enables you to view your VPN status, as well as pause and resume it.

By using an ESP8266 module, the NodeLUA firmware and enabling the management interface on your VPN client daemon, you can create a very simple interface for interfacing to the daemon, in an all in one nature.

Here is a simple state machine for how the ESP module operates once connected to the Wi-Fi network that has the VPN service you want to control:

Once complete, the ESP module can be packaged into a device like so:

Note that this should only be used on a secure (WPA2) network with a decent password as the telnet interface is inherently insecure.


All code, documentation and design on these project pages are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) unless otherwise stated. Expressif ESP module firmware and NodeMCU firmware is licenced under the MIT License.