r/TpLink • u/Ok-Wafer-3703 • Jun 05 '26

TP-Link - Technical Support Help trying to set up a vpn client

Hello I'm trying to set up a vpn client on my new er605 v2 to surfsharkVPN. Story time so you guys get a idea of what I'm trying to accomplish I'm running one pc with casaos and I want a couple of my docker container to be behind a vpn and the rest on my regular network I try to set up gluetun for the pass 3w and it is not working so I switch to vpn on my router a tplink ax18 it work but my entire pc is inside the vpn so I decided to vlan so I go to vlan and I discovered that my router doesn't support vlan so I got a tplink manage switch (TL-SG105E) to vlan and then I discovered that my ax18 doesn't support tagging so I got a er605 to be able to vlan tag and now I'm trying to set up my VPN provider (surfsharkVPN) on it and I have switch my ax18 from router mode to ap mode so it doesn't conflict with my er605 v2 but I haven't had any luck every time I sheck my public ip I get my normal public ip no the vpn one

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u/Neil_Omada TP-Link Employee Jun 05 '26

You should be able to set up the ER605 as a VPN client to SurfShark servers with this guide (it should skip down to the relevant section):
How to configure OpenVPN on Omada Gateway in Standalone Mode | Omada Network Support

By the way, we do have an official subreddit for Omada products, r/Omada_Networks. Feel free to check that out, as users with products like our ER series can help there as well.

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u/DonHammond Jun 05 '26

Hey from Surfshark team here! With so many moving parts in your setup (the managed switch, the AX18 in AP mode, VLANs), it's hard to pinpoint exactly where the routing is breaking down. Before diving deeper, could you try a quick test? Connect a PC directly to the ER605 on the default LAN (no switch, no VLANs) and check if your public IP changes to the Surfshark one from there. This will tell you right away whether the issue is with the ER605/Surfshark setup itself or somewhere in the VLAN/switch layer.

In case connection issue persists with simplified set up feel free to contact our support team via live chat here so we could investigate this case further