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port16's avatar
port16
Initiate
Jan 31, 2020

Nighthawk M1 missing option to enable VPN

Wishing to connect the Hotspot to my Corporate VPN, looked in the manual and the directions are to access the web interface, choose setings > Advanced Settings > Other

 

The only issue is there's no option to enable a VPN Service. The page has:

- VPN Passthrough

- UPnP

- DLNA

- DMZ

 

Am I missing something? What I want to do is have the devices behind the hotspot get VPN'd into my corporate network without any configuration on the client.

 

Any help is appreciated.

3 Replies

  • Blanca_O's avatar
    Blanca_O
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Feb 17, 2020

    Hi port16, 

     

    Welcome to NETGEAR Community!

     

    May we please know the device SKU (e.g. MR1100-100NAS)? This can be checked on the box of the product or on the barcode label. 

    What is the firmware version? 

     

    Regards,
    Blanca
    Community Team

     

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru
    Feb 18, 2020

    VPN Passthrough means that most VPN traffic can flow over the router - from the client to the business VPN concentrator.

     

    Far to many requirements for a "generic" business class VPN client on such a device - this starts from customized controls and protocols over certificates, passwords required to unlock private key on your certificate, 2FA integration ...

     

    For the moment - when I have it right - all these mobile routers don't have any VPN client at all.

    • port16's avatar
      port16
      Initiate
      Feb 18, 2020

      I should have come back and updated this post, but it slipped my mind. I ended up working my way into a support call, and was told that the VPN client was removed from all fo the hotpots, which is a bummer, since it's advertised int he manual.

       

      I ended up buying a couple of TP-LINK Safestream Multi WAN VPN Routers and use them to connect everything behind the hotspot to the corporate LAN.


      I think that having the VPN as a built in option would certainly be useful, but alas, it's not to be.