Hi @words 

words wrote

I managed to get this working, however it's so difficult setting this up all manually...

 

I had (have) a little Mango (gl. inet) before this since ER605 did not have wireguard when I got it, the Mango unit makes it super easy to set up Wireguard profiles, it's a one click automated process, prepopulates everything and offers a barcode and/or the actual text one can save to a file and import into the wireguard client app. Takes 5 seconds.

 

Why can't this unit have the same thing I understand they are both based on openWRT, no? Why not bring this wizard to the ER605 as well.

 

As a matter of fact I'm still using the mango for the Wireguard VPN server just because it's so simple to set up profiles, although not powerful, enough when I'm away

If you take a look at the WG official guide, the setup is not as easy as OpenVPN. When fiddling with the parameters, it is very easy to get lost as there is no such a server/client in WireGuard. To be honest, WG requires basic network knowledge and an understanding of routing. And you have to keep a clear mind understanding the basic parameters.

If you dig in the WG guide, this is also the reason why it is faster than OVPN. It ditches the unnecessary stuff and falls to the most basic parameters and config. If not necessary, it does not add it to the protocol.

We don't bring unnecessary features to the device due to the limitation of memory and space. Setup wizard, to be honest, isn't quite helpful if you still have trouble understanding how WG works. WG requires a basic reading on configuration and an understanding of how it works. It might be helpful for your scenario, but from our perspective, if the product targets users who are familiar with networking, then it only makes the firmware bloated. If you take a look at the VPNs we support, we never set up a Wizard for it. Same for many other brands.

And OpenWRT or any open-source software is currently not under our consideration.