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RBR50 VPN Setup with OpenVPN Client on Mac
I am trying to set up a VPN server on my RBR50. After I enable the VPN server on the router (using the default settings), I clicked on the 'For Mac OSX' download button, which did create a folder...
No port forwarding rules are required to make an OpenVPN connection between a device on the internet and the Orbi RBR50 router.
One key is that the .ovpn file must contain a URL that resolves to the public IP address of the router.
One part of configuring OpenVPN is to create an entry in one of three Dynamic DNS services that will track the public IP address of the router whenever the ISP changes it.
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote xxxxxx.mynetgear.com 12973
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
verb 5
<ca>i.e. xxxxx.mynetgear.com should resolve to the router public IP address. I set verbosity ('verb') to 5 so that the OpenVPN log file will contain more information.
Of course, this all assumes that the router actually HAS a public IP address. (it is not 'hidden' behind an ISP router.)
You are testing OpenVPN the same way I do.
- Disconnect phone from home network.
- Enable WiFi Hot Spot on phone.
- Connect test device to the Hot Spot.
- Activate OpenVPN on the test device.
No port forwarding rules are required to make an OpenVPN connection between a device on the internet and the Orbi RBR50 router.
Assuming of course that you do not double-route
