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RBR750P - No IP address for VPN Connection
I have configured OpenVPN as per Netgear's instructions and it believes it connects from a laptop running Windows, but I cannot access anything on the LAN (e.g., RDP or router via browser). Also, wh...
Here are the images from the remote laptop:
On the interface for the router from within the LAN (not via VPN), the laptop connected via VPN does not appear. There is no VPN section listed like there is on the image you provided. None of the devices have the 1.18 IP address assigned either.
(Sorry. I did not see this response and have been wondering what is going on. Probably erased the notification by accident. "my bad".)
This appears to be evidence that the VPN connection has succeeded.
- The default IP subnet for Orbi routers is 192.168.1.x, and a device connected with the Windows Open VPN TAP protocol will receive an IP address on the Orbi LAN. (192.168.1.18 is such an IP address.
When I connect to my test RBR750, the LAN IP is 10.0.0.x and this is why my VPN connection receives the IP assignment that it does.
What is not expected is that the Orbi router Attached Devices does not identify this device.
Would it be possible to attempt a VPN connection with another device? perhaps a smartphone or tablet?
I don't see how. It is pointing at the static IP address where the router is. As I indicated in the OP, the IP address in the configuration folder is correct, which makes sense since it's generated by the router when it generated the configuration files.
RichardLS wrote:
it's generated by the router when it generated the configuration files.
Yes, the configuration file has the static IP address of the router (or would have the DDNS name if the router did not have a static IP address). What is not in the configuration file is the 192.168.1.18 LAN IP address. The only place this could come from is the Orbi router that is running OpenVPN host.
I am stumped here. The only obvious difference is my RBR750 is on firmware v7.2.6.31 and your RBR750P is probably on firmware v6.3.8.5. Checking the product data sheets, these are clearly different models of Orbi router.
Even though the VPN device does not appear on the Attached Devices display, is it possible to do anything when connected over VPN? (i.e. connect a web browser to 192.168.1.1? Run a network scanner against network 192.168.1.x?)
Before connecting with VPN, what LAN subnet is the laptop on? (i.e. not 192.168.1.x, correct?)
No, I cannot connect to network resources (e.g., browser to 192.168.1.1, RDP to local computer).