{"id":1518,"date":"2024-07-26T14:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:19:26","slug":"setting-up-a-vpn-ssid-on-unifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/setting-up-a-vpn-ssid-on-unifi\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a VPN SSID on UniFi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UDM\/UXG\/Gateways\/DreamRouter should all be able to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steps to take<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Setup a VLAN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setup an SSID<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setup the VPN Client<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setup the Policy based routing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting up the VLAN<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-1-1024x675.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-1-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-1-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-1-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-1.png 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2-803x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2-803x1024.png 803w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2-768x979.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2-1205x1536.png 1205w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2.png 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup an SSID<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-3-1024x548.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-3-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-3-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-3-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-3-1536x822.png 1536w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-3.png 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-4-769x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-4-769x1024.png 769w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-4-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-4-768x1022.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-4-1154x1536.png 1154w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-4.png 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup the VPN client<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-5-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-5-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-5-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-5-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-5.png 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">upload your WireGuard config<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-6-1024x467.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-6-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-6-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-6-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-6.png 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">April 2026 Update! the error below should no longer happen <a href=\"https:\/\/community.ui.com\/releases\/UniFi-Network-Application-10-2-105\/cf38dace-ce91-4e4a-8ab7-a1d2db30aa55\">https:\/\/community.ui.com\/releases\/UniFi-Network-Application-10-2-105\/cf38dace-ce91-4e4a-8ab7-a1d2db30aa55<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-14.png 1014w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-14-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-14-768x156.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had to tweak my <a href=\"https:\/\/manager.azirevpn.com\/ref\/8yH0svFZLe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AzireVPN<\/a> config a little bit (delete the IPv6 entry) as it kept saying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Configuration file contains an invalid or is missing the below WireGuard option. Learn more\nIPv4 address on Address line in &#91;Interface] section is not valid. Correct format is Address = 192.168.3.2\/32<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-12-1024x149.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-12-1024x149.png 1024w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-12-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-12-768x112.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-12.png 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-13-1024x378.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-13-1024x378.png 1024w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-13-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-13-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-13-1536x567.png 1536w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-13-2048x757.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">delete the bit after the comma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-7-929x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-7-929x1024.png 929w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-7-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-7-768x847.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-7.png 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hit save, and get it connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup the Policy based routing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-8-1024x520.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-8-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-8-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-8-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-8-1536x781.png 1536w, https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-8.png 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">don&#8217;t enable fallback! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thats it! your SSID will now use the VPN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UDM\/UXG\/Gateways\/DreamRouter should all be able to do it. Steps to take Setting up the VLAN Setup an SSID Setup the VPN client upload your WireGuard config April 2026 Update! the error below should no longer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,37,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it","category-networking","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2193,"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions\/2193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}