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MSRadell
Aspirant
Jan 11, 2018

Connecting to a external VPN

Connecting to an External VPN 　 I need to connect to an external VPN to download files at various times. This used to be no problem with my previous Netgear router but now that I'm using an Orbi I ...
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st_shaw
Master
Jan 11, 2018

 

If you have searched the Internet for information on this issue, you will have learned by now that the Pace cannot be made to pass-through VPN.  You will need to replace it with another gateway.  The Motorola NVG589 reportedly works fine.  It's possible that switching to openvpn might work with the Pace, but that's just a guess.

 

Try searching on "pace dmz-plus vpn"

 

This thread is one example:

 

https://community.netgear.com/t5/VPN-Firewalls/VPN-no-longer-working-between-two-FVS318Gv2/td-p/1157341