CAX30 onboard VPN

Sryan,

No, I do not have access to a CAX30 gateway.

Over many years I have successfully utilized the OpenVPN server available on Netgear router models R7000, R7800, and R9000.

The administrative log entries on the routers for VPN Service have not been functional for the past 5+ years.  It went away after one of the firmware updates.  Either Netgear does not know or they do know and decline to devote any resources to correct the situation.  Result is the same either way.

When a family member is connected to my OpenVPN server, I can review the Attached Devices page and see their machine/device by name with the locally assigned IP address.    This goes away when they disconnect.

I run my router with Access Control disabled.  When an OpenVPN connection is established to my router, the connected device shows up on the device listing on the Access Control page.  This goes away when they disconnect.

I struggled with OpenVPN configuration when I first attempted to set it up.  In particular on Android devices.  On Windows machines, I found the connection logs created by the client software to be very informational.  The original .ovpn configuration files generated by Netgear set the variable verb to 0.  If you change it to verb 5, it will generate additional information.