I have a GL-AR300M that I use ExpressVPN’s standard VPN protocols.
Unfortunately this is too slow and ExpressVPN doesn’t support WireGuard
Has anyone found a way to use the ExpressVPN LightWay protocols on the device?
It is their private protocol, based on wireguard. Sorry cannot support it.
Use a provider like Windscribe or Mullvad which support generating WireGuard configurations. Otherwise you’re stuck using the much slower and older OpenVPN.
It’s my experience that Windscribe and Mullvad have consistently high speeds over VPN, as well, and are quite effective for streaming and sharing opensource Linux ISO’s by torrent.
What about now that ExpressVPN Lightway has been released in GitHub? Thanks
Maybe you can ask Expressvpn directly.
What I got is, 3rd party cannot compile and connect to their server. Maybe the source code is only for your reference because GPL license.
I've contacted ExpressVPN before. They asked me to send a picture of my Flint 2 and a picture of the back of the device. I'm not sure if that is a formal requirement. However, if the Lightway protocol could work on GL-iNet routers, that would be a game changer. I don’t know much about the security comparison between Lightway and WireGuard. However, speed-wise, ExpressVPN's Lightway protocol is not only faster than WireGuard but also very stable and consistently offers low ping.
Let’s hope that one day there will be a solution to install Lightway on Flint routers.
Now that ExpressVPN has published their whitepaper, can their implementation of Wireguard be supported in GL devices?
https://engrxiv.org/preprint/view/5020/version/6749
and announcement: