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Configuring Orbi 753 for Open VPN
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...
The Onedrive file was not available when I tried to view it? Can someone get annther link or post the file? Pretty soon I'm just going to give up on the VPN idea and use my phone as a hotspot when traveling, slow as it is. Would still like to get a VPN working though.
You are so right. The pdf is no longer available to me either. I have asked him (she? it?) to send a new link.
The essence was that all of the files were copied to the smartphone and then he told OpenVPN Connect to open the *.ovpn file and somehow it "found" the remaining files automatically.
Here is the PDF attachment (I grabbed it earlier).
That procedure doesn't work in iOS on an iPad. At this point I've spent too much time fussing with this and I'm giving up on it. I'll go through a paid VPN service if I decide that I really want to use a VPN, but it's disappointing that the feature doesn't work. If someone at Netgear monitors any of the discussion on here, it would be worthwhile if they addressed this.
Here it is: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlACXq1wmmKigYuSEycGYfy3-CDlMNI?e=Nc9BkE
Please let me know when you have downloaded it. Unlike me, he doesn't like to leave items "up" for a long time. (I have some stuff that has been on DropBox for years.)
Mikey94025 wrote:
Here is the PDF attachment (I grabbed it earlier).
Sorry. I missed this post. (My Bad)
Any suggestions on VPN services that folks have had hands on experience with?
Kdepot wrote:
Any suggestions on VPN services that folks have had hands on experience with?
Probably would help to describe the reason for using a VPN.
- OpenVPN host capability is included in residential routers for the purpose of allowing owners access to resources on the local LAN when they are away.
- Many VPN products route everything through the VPN when it is active, which leads to the option to allow access to the internet through the VPN.
- This is clearly less efficient and lower performance because every packet has to make the round trip to the residential router two times.
(from client through VPN to router. from router to internet resource. from internet to router. through VPN to client.) - Using a commercial VPN product avoids that round trip, but also has no way to access resources on the local LAN.
- Some users use the OpenVPN host capability to mask their location. For example, they may live somewhere that does not allow streaming something, but have access to another system located where that stream is allowed. "See. I'm at home streaming my Netflix. Not in France."
- The conventional reasons for using VPN when away from home are much less relevant than they were before almost every web site got encrypted.
If the goal is not access to local resources or to mask location, but only to avoid paying $5/month for VPN, I tend to agree that the effort is not worth it.
