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Orbi CBR 750 with OpenVPN for home setup?
Hello, I got some great help from Netgear on my OpenVPN install. It's up and running on my Orbi. Next step is to install certificate authentication to secure the connection. Does anyone have experi...
j4x4 wrote:
Thanks for getting back to me. I will stay tuned! Also wondering how you download files from your router ... or maybe I misunderstood what you wrote? Either way, thanks and looking forward to working with you to fix this problem.
On the Orbi web interface where OpenVPN is configured, there are three "click boxes" which are used to download the configuration files for Windows, for MacOS, and for Smartphone. (See image attached)
Under those boxes are links that will bring up the instructions for setting up OpenVPN on each type of client.
... and now reading over another post you made, it seems like I am trying to do something impossible here. I want to install VPN on the router itself so that every device in the house is protected. But it seems like there is no VPN that works like that with the Orbi mesh routers.
If that is the case, what are my options? Or is this a bridge too far?
j4x4 wrote:
... and now reading over another post you made, it seems like I am trying to do something impossible here. I want to install VPN on the router itself so that every device in the house is protected. But it seems like there is no VPN that works like that with the Orbi mesh routers.
If that is the case, what are my options? Or is this a bridge too far?
This is indeed the case. No Netgear router supports OpenVPN "Client Mode" that creates a tunnel for every device inside the LAN to access the internet through the tunnel (and an external OpenVPN host, such as NordVPN).
There is third party firmware for the RBR50 model (only that specific model) which does support two VPN clients, OpenVPN and WireGuard.
http://www.voxel-firmware.com/Downloads/Voxel/html/orbi.html
(This is just me, personally, but...) I am not convinced of the need to have every device in the house communicate through VPN (smart plugs? televisions? thermostats?) With modern browsers fully committed to SSL connections, I am not certain that VPN's are all that necessary anymore. The "bottom line" is that the stock firmware for Netgear's routers does not support VPN Client mode.