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Enabling VPN service on a NETGEAR router using a MAC OS computer
Hello,
I am trying to enable VPN Service on my MR60 Router with Firmware Version V1.1.7.134_2.0.65. I followed this knowledge base
https://kb.netgear.com/25389/Enabling-VPN-service-on-a-NETGEAR-router-using-a-MAC-OS-computer
I am seeing the following error in Tunnelblick.
2025-11-28 16:10:40.081876 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
2025-11-28 16:10:40.081983 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
I reached out to Tunnelblick community and they told me I should contact Netgear support. I reached out to Netgear and they told me they don't provide support for 3rd party software.
I am stuck with this error.
Any help is much appreciated.
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I guess there is no harm in changing the port number to 22 (ssh) and 23 (telnet), but it is a bit goofy. I would be more comfortable staying with the default port numbers (12973 for tun - tunnel and 12974 for tap - network tap) If the MR60 has telnet enabled, that might be confusing the OpenVPN Client.
It might be worth trying the actual OpenVPN Client for MacOS:
https://openvpn.net/connect-docs/connect-for-macos.html
Doesn't sound like the tunnelblick user group was very helpful. Maybe OpenVPN users can provide more assistance?
Success!
I was able to connect using OpenVPN Client. Here is ssh to my Jetson Orin Nano.
Mustafa
I tried to test the ports from my Macbook. I was able to telnet to router port 23 but not 22. Am I confusing myself?
nc -vz <router_ip_address> 23
Connection to <router_ip_address> port 23 [tcp/telnet] succeeded!
nc -vz <router_ip_address> 22
nc: connectx to <router_ip_address> port 22 (tcp) failed: Connection refused
Did you remove the previous openVPN config? (the one that used TCP).
No. I am still using the configuration that uses TCP.
