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Lose Internet as soon as I connect OpenVPN
You all remember me configuring MR60 for VPN Service. I established the Public IP address and DNS. When I connect OpenVPN from my MacBook, I lose Internet in my MacBook. I look under Port Forwarding/ Port Triggering. Unfortunately, I did not capture when I have done there. It is blank. Is that the reason why I am not able to connect to Internet from my MacBook?
Thank you,
Mustafa
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More information, please....
When a MacBook is connected to the local network, it cannot run OpenVPN because OpenVPN is designed to provide access FROM a device on the Internet TO the local network (and devices that are connected to the local network). Some implementations of OpenVPN have options:
Notice that my VPN is set to allow the VPN connection to be used for both the Home Network and the Internet
OpenVPN also requires that the Home Network be a different IP subnet than the local network that the remote computer (MacBook?) is connected to.
If they are both 192.168.1.x, for example, it is not clear which network is which.
