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Thank you very much digitalnomad and Staff for your replies.  
 
That was totally my plan!   
And it all works, except for the VPN part ...
 
I'm sorry, I guess I wasn't clear, I was trying to describe the VPN connection failures from my openvpn connect iPad app AND from my dd-wrt router, they both are absolutely failing to connect at all.   
Yes, the dd-wrt router does connect to the intartoobz, but only nakedly, with the vpn client disabled.  The VPN part of my dd-wrt router plan has so far failed every single time.  So your kind troubleshooting suggestion is unfortunately beyond my reach.  :/
 
(emo drama)
Oh NOEZ.  My iPad and air's VPN service have sadly been torn asunder!  ACK. 
(insert back-of-hand-on-forehead eyerolls-up-to-heaven woe-is-me pose here)
(/emo drama)
 
So right now my iPad, which is my only access to the intartoobz, only has a naked connection, and you can see that I really need some kind of a solution.  :/
 
I enclose the logs from another failed TCP/port 443/UK server connection attempt from my openvpn connect iPad app.  I can see that this log looks different from the dd-wrt openvpn client log, but I am just as clueless how to fix it.  I hope they help you diagnose something.
 
I really appreciate your help, thank you.
 

2015-09-11 09:50:33 ----- OpenVPN Start -----
2015-09-11 09:50:33 LZO-ASYM init swap=0 asym=1
2015-09-11 09:50:33 Comp-stub init swap=0
2015-09-11 09:50:33 EVENT: RESOLVE
2015-09-11 09:50:33 Contacting 84.39.117.56:443 via TCP
2015-09-11 09:50:33 EVENT: WAIT
2015-09-11 09:50:33 Connecting to gb.vpn.airdns.org:443 (84.39.117.56) via TCPv4
2015-09-11 09:50:33 EVENT: CONNECTING
2015-09-11 09:50:33 Tunnel Options:V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1560,tun-mtu 1500,proto TCPv4_CLIENT,comp-lzo,keydir 1,cipher AES-256-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 256,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-client
2015-09-11 09:50:33 Peer Info:
IV_VER=1.0
IV_PLAT=ios
IV_NCP=1
IV_SNAPPY=1
IV_LZO=1
IV_LZO_SWAP=1
IV_COMP_STUB=1
 
2015-09-11 09:50:34 VERIFY OK: depth=0
cert. version : 3
serial number : 3D
issuer name   : C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
subject name  : C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=server, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
issued  on    : 2014-04-11 10:44:24
expires on    : 2024-04-08 10:44:24
signed using  : RSA+SHA1
RSA key size  : 4096 bits
 
2015-09-11 09:50:38 Client exception in transport_recv_excode: PolarSSL: SSL read error : SSL - Verification of the message MAC failed
2015-09-11 09:50:38 Client terminated, restarting in 2...
2015-09-11 09:50:40 EVENT: RECONNECTING
2015-09-11 09:50:40 LZO-ASYM init swap=0 asym=1
2015-09-11 09:50:40 Comp-stub init swap=0
2015-09-11 09:50:40 EVENT: RESOLVE
2015-09-11 09:50:40 Contacting 84.39.117.56:443 via TCP
2015-09-11 09:50:40 EVENT: WAIT
2015-09-11 09:50:40 Connecting to gb.vpn.airdns.org:443 (84.39.117.56) via TCPv4
2015-09-11 09:50:40 EVENT: CONNECTING
2015-09-11 09:50:40 Tunnel Options:V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1560,tun-mtu 1500,proto TCPv4_CLIENT,comp-lzo,keydir 1,cipher AES-256-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 256,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-client
2015-09-11 09:50:40 Peer Info:
IV_VER=1.0
IV_PLAT=ios
IV_NCP=1
IV_SNAPPY=1
IV_LZO=1
IV_LZO_SWAP=1
IV_COMP_STUB=1
 
2015-09-11 09:50:40 VERIFY OK: depth=0
cert. version : 3
serial number : 3D
issuer name   : C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
subject name  : C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=server, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
issued  on    : 2014-04-11 10:44:24
expires on    : 2024-04-08 10:44:24
signed using  : RSA+SHA1
RSA key size  : 4096 bits
 
2015-09-11 09:51:24 Session invalidated
2015-09-11 09:51:24 Client terminated, restarting in 2...
2015-09-11 09:51:26 EVENT: RECONNECTING
2015-09-11 09:51:26 LZO-ASYM init swap=0 asym=1
2015-09-11 09:51:26 Comp-stub init swap=0
2015-09-11 09:51:26 EVENT: RESOLVE
2015-09-11 09:51:26 Contacting 84.39.117.56:443 via TCP
2015-09-11 09:51:26 EVENT: WAIT
2015-09-11 09:51:26 Connecting to gb.vpn.airdns.org:443 (84.39.117.56) via TCPv4
2015-09-11 09:51:26 EVENT: CONNECTING
2015-09-11 09:51:26 Tunnel Options:V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1560,tun-mtu 1500,proto TCPv4_CLIENT,comp-lzo,keydir 1,cipher AES-256-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 256,tls-auth,key-method 2,tls-client
2015-09-11 09:51:26 Peer Info:
IV_VER=1.0
IV_PLAT=ios
IV_NCP=1
IV_SNAPPY=1
IV_LZO=1
IV_LZO_SWAP=1
IV_COMP_STUB=1
 
2015-09-11 09:51:27 VERIFY OK: depth=0
cert. version : 3
serial number : 3D
issuer name   : C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
subject name  : C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=server, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
issued  on    : 2014-04-11 10:44:24
expires on    : 2024-04-08 10:44:24
signed using  : RSA+SHA1
RSA key size  : 4096 bits
 
2015-09-11 09:51:33 EVENT: CONNECTION_TIMEOUT [ERR]
2015-09-11 09:51:33 EVENT: DISCONNECTED
2015-09-11 09:51:33 Raw stats on disconnect:
  BYTES_IN : 16358
  BYTES_OUT : 15028
  PACKETS_IN : 71
  PACKETS_OUT : 124
  REPLAY_ERROR : 6
  SSL_ERROR : 1
  KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT : 1
  CONNECTION_TIMEOUT : 1
  N_RECONNECT : 2
2015-09-11 09:51:33 Performance stats on disconnect:
  CPU usage (microseconds): 10742192
  Network bytes per CPU second: 2921
  Tunnel bytes per CPU second: 0
2015-09-11 09:51:33 ----- OpenVPN Stop -----
2015-09-11 09:51:33 EVENT: DISCONNECT_PENDING