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using the built in vpn behind another router
Is there any instructions on using the netgear VPN service. My setup is that i have the ISP router/modem which is sending everything around the house just fine. What I wanted to do was add a ...
I took a leap of faith that it might be working, but I have no idea
I modified the client file it created with my outfacing IP? I think thats correct?
Is there really no password and its just using certificates?
Upperdeck wrote:I took a leap of faith that it might be working, but I have no idea
I modified the client file it created with my outfacing IP? I think thats correct?
Is there really no password and its just using certificates?
The VPN server uses the certificates plus the serial number of the router encrypted in the configuration files.
There should be no need to modify the configuration files generated by the router. You have to have your configuration set before you generate the files. If you change the configuration, you have to generate the files again.
I am not sure if what you are trying to do can be done. All devices on each network will not be able to see each other like the two networks were the same.
I do know the two networks you are trying to communicate between have to be on different subnets. They both cannot be on 192.168.1.1. There can be no IP address conflicts between the two networks. Recommend one be 192.168.1.1 and the other be on 10.0.0.1.
When you tunnel in to a network running a VPN server, the router assigns an IP address from the DHCP pool to the client device you used to initiate the connection.
the file that the server creates does not use the IP that the device actually is on, it created the file using the 10.0 subnet but thats not the IP that the router sees. I dont see anyway to modify the file the server generates so it has the right IP.
Upperdeck wrote:the file that the server creates does not use the IP that the device actually is on, it created the file using the 10.0 subnet but thats not the IP that the router sees. I dont see anyway to modify the file the server generates so it has the right IP.
What is the brand name and model number of the internet source device (modem or ONT) that is connected upstream of the router? Is it also a router assigning IP addresses from a DHCP pool?
You may have to set the static IP address of your VPN router to the address that is assigned to it upstream.
calex 844E-1
yes my vpn router has a static ip assigned.
I just dont think the ISP router is passing the traffic back to the VPN router
I have 2 isps at my house and maybe I just pull the plug on this and remove the other isp router and replace it with this VPN router and see if I can go the other way with this stuff.