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Orbi RBR50 blocking outbound PPTP
I have an Orbi RBR50 and two RBS50's all running the latest V2.7.4.24 and outbound PPTP sessions are being blocked. This did not happen with earlier releases (not sure when it stopped working as i do...
Thanks for the info.
I have now upgraded to 2.7.5.4 and it is working fine.
I have done some more testing using a different router (MikroTik) and it has the same issue - so I have now contacted my "fiber" ISP (Waoo) as I am now sure that the problem is there - probably something to do with "VPN Passthrough". Fortunately PPTP works fine with my "mobile (5G)" ISP (Oister). FYI the PPTP connection was to a commercial site (SmartDNSProxy.com).
Again, thanks for your help
Thanks for the info.
I have now upgraded to 2.7.5.4 and it is working fine.
I have done some more testing using a different router (MikroTik) and it has the same issue - so I have now contacted my "fiber" ISP (Waoo) as I am now sure that the problem is there - probably something to do with "VPN Passthrough". Fortunately PPTP works fine with my "mobile (5G)" ISP (Oister). FYI the PPTP connection was to a commercial site (SmartDNSProxy.com).
Again, thanks for your help
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡
Great tip - have taken a backup
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