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NightHawk R7000 and OpenVPN on Windows 7 and 10 openvpn error 868
I have been trying to get the vpn service setup and working on the Nighthawk R7000 with clients in Windows 7 and Windows 7, I have followed the setup and check and re-checked everything appears okey....
Okey, maybe I'm not explaining myself so I'll try again, I have already gone throught the netgear setup and tested the install and the router and my computer say it is connected and functioning.
I cannot connect from any outside device not my phone, not my laptop running on a seperate internet and even my desktop running on a seperate internet so please don't provide a link to the netgear vpn setup. I am trying to connect to the vpn without success.
Maybe this will help I used the netgear ddns service which gave me a host name to use, a port id, do I create a new user name and password for the vpn or do I use the login for my desktop or can I not use the host name provided by ddns service that was provide by netgear?
Thank you for the help
I'm a little unclear on exactly what you are trying to do. From the Netgear VPN Help page on my router: "The VPN Service function allows you to access your home network in a secured way through the Internet when you are out of home." So it's only meant for incoming connections. If you are using a VPN client on a computer attached to the internal LAN and trying to connect to the router, it won't work. To use a VPN for outgoing connections, you'll need a VPN provider. They will give you a username and password that you can put into the VPN client to connect to their network.