I found this post which exactly explains my problem,"The smartphone OpenVPN setup zip file generated by the Netgear system creates 4 files. There is no way to open these files directly in the iPhone OpenVPN app, as the app can only open one file." Apparently , from a solution provided by someone else, the user must be knowledgeable enough to copy the certificates and key, and paste them into the OpenFile. They file must be formatted appropriately else OpenVPN cannot parse the file. I am not able to figure out how to do this. Can the files provided by Netgear be made to work as they should? Or can someone explain in simple detail what I need to do to get the profile certificates provided by Netgear into the Open VPN app?

You might review this: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/Netgear-Orbi-AX6000-Open-VPN-Not-Connecting-While-on-Wifi/m-p/2146360#M21002

Kdepot wrote: I found this post which exactly explains my problem,"The smartphone OpenVPN setup zip file generated by the Netgear system creates 4 files. It might be worth going through the procedure again. On my original (ancient) Orbi, the smartphone process creates a zip file containing only one file "smart_phone.ovpn". The Windows process creates a zip file containing four files, and the non-Windows process creates a zip file containing five files. I am thus 99% certain that the post being referenced is incorrect. (Not having a 750, I cannot go through the steps myself. Netgear has been including OpenVPN in their WiFi router products for years. Seems a stretch that after all this time, this would have changed.)

Thanks for the replies. I’m trying this on an iOS platform and I’ve tried to get the files to open with the Open VPN app and it’s a no go.

Kdepot wrote:get the files to open with the Open VPN app and it’s a no go. According to OpenVPN, the iOS app wants one file with an extension ovpn. https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/faq-regarding-openvpn-connect-ios/#i-am-having-trouble-importing-my-ovpn-file The discussion is in terms of creating files on MacOS and transferring them to iOS, but the central theme is "one file named *.ovpn". I sincerely think it would be worth a few minutes to go back and generate the 'smartphone' configuration file again.

I have tried multiple times downloading the file client.ovpn, transfering to my iPad and opening with the OpenVPN app and every time it just says, fails to parse profile: ca.crt, client.crt, client.key I don't understand the discussion on combining the files into one. When I open them with a text editor, the formats don't quite match the example on the page you suggested and I'm not knowledgeable enough to figure out how to cominne the file, although I did try unsuccessfully.

Configuring Orbi 753 for Open VPN

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FURRYe38
Guru
Feb 04, 2022
You might review this:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/Netgear-Orbi-AX6000-Open-VPN-Not-Connecting-While-on-Wifi/m-p/2146360#M21002
CrimpOn
Guru
Feb 04, 2022
Kdepot wrote:

I found this post which exactly explains my problem,"The smartphone OpenVPN setup zip file generated by the Netgear system creates 4 files.

It might be worth going through the procedure again. On my original (ancient) Orbi, the smartphone process creates a zip file containing only one file "smart_phone.ovpn". The Windows process creates a zip file containing four files, and the non-Windows process creates a zip file containing five files.

I am thus 99% certain that the post being referenced is incorrect. (Not having a 750, I cannot go through the steps myself. Netgear has been including OpenVPN in their WiFi router products for years. Seems a stretch that after all this time, this would have changed.)
- Kdepot
  Aspirant
  Feb 04, 2022
  Thanks for the replies. I’m trying this on an iOS platform and I’ve tried to get the files to open with the Open VPN app and it’s a no go.
  - CrimpOn
    Guru
    Feb 04, 2022
    Kdepot wrote:
    get the files to open with the Open VPN app and it’s a no go.
    
    According to OpenVPN, the iOS app wants one file with an extension ovpn.
    
    https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/faq-regarding-openvpn-connect-ios/#i-am-having-trouble-importing-my-ovpn-file
    
    The discussion is in terms of creating files on MacOS and transferring them to iOS, but the central theme is "one file named *.ovpn".
    
    I sincerely think it would be worth a few minutes to go back and generate the 'smartphone' configuration file again.

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