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Netgear R7000 and OpenVPN for Android App
Hi, since last OpenVPN for Android App update (v.0.6.73) downloadable at the following link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.blinkt.openvpn OpenSSL version was upgraded to 1.1 and...
Thanks everyone for feedback so far. Attached is version 1.0.1. I fixed some typos, added a suggestion to clean up your tftp folder when you're done, and made a note about the OpenVPN version that's most compatible with the document.
Some users looking to work through this doc may find that they can avoid Step 1 by visiting this hidden page:
If the debug page loads and there is an "Enable Telnet" option then you got lucky. Note that either the debug page or the option to "Enable Telnet" may not exist on your device or firmware version. Remember to check that this option is disabled after you're finished because having telnet enabled is a security risk.
I haven't tried the new firmware since I used Diggie3's excellent instructions to install my own certs (and I'm afraid that the new firmware could break things).
FYI: As an alternative, I just re-purposed an old RaspberryPi 2b to test as a VPN server using http://www.pivpn.io. It literally took 15 minutes to set up from scratch. My clients connect to this RbPi VPN in 1 second compared to the 5-10 sec it took to connect to the R7000 VPN. By default, connecting to this PiVPN server will route all traffic to your RbPi. If you want only certain traffic routed over this VPN, then you could add these lines to your client config (.ovpn) files [where xxx is the IP address on your LAN that you want to access]:
route-nopull route xxx 255.255.255.255 vpn_gateway