On December 1st, NordVPN’s servers stopped supporting L2TP/IPsec and PPTP connections. You can read more about that on this article: https://nordvpn.com/blog/l2tp-pptp-protocol-update/
With that being said, if you are using any of these routers, you will not be able to use it with our service using its native firmware:
- Arris
- Belkin
- Cisco
- D-Link
- Huawei
- Linksys
- Mikrotik
- TP-Link
- TRENDnet
- Tenda
- TotoLink
- Ubee
- Most ISP provided routers not mentioned above
Some of these models can be flashed to a custom firmware:
DD-WRT: https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
Tomato: https://tomato.groov.pl/?page_id=69
Padavan: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/List_of_Padavan_firmware_supported_devices
OpenWRT: https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start
Merlin: https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Supported-Devices
You may also check here which routers we do recommend.
If you want a router that is an out-of-the-box solution for NordVPN provided security and anonymity, you should head over to our partners at FlashRouters. They will provide you with a preconfigured router that will deliver top-notch security and performance.
