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Nighthawk r7500 vpn setup
I'm new to VPN but learn quickly. I'm trying to setup VPN on my router for a layer of security for my home. I am getting error messeges with openVPN. Following the instructions on the router, many for...
After reading a LOT of information I decided to sell my R7500 and buy a R7000P I flashed it with DD-WRT and was done in about an hour... Super easy. I'm not sure why Netgear does not have more functionality built in the standard interface. Thank you all for the replies.
I believe the Windows VPN client needs to be TAP, so you have the VPN server set to TAP on the router, right?
Searching that error seems to bring up a host of different problems/suggestions on the web.
One thing you could try is using a consolidated .ovpn file that contains all the necessary certificates embedded inline in the body. I've had good luck with those, rather than the separate client, server, certificat authority, key, etc. cert files. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.user/32469
After reading a LOT of information I decided to sell my R7500 and buy a R7000P I flashed it with DD-WRT and was done in about an hour... Super easy. I'm not sure why Netgear does not have more functionality built in the standard interface. Thank you all for the replies.
That's funny you mention that--I had a 7000 running stock Netgear FW and had no problem setting up and using its VPN server either. Since getting my 7500, I set up the primary VPN on that, then flashed DD-WRT on my 7000 to use it as a wireless repeater bridge and set up a secondary VPN on that.
While the VPN was relatively easy to get working on DD-WRT initially, I found it was not redirecting web traffic through the VPN. I had to do a bit of research and mucking around to get it to redirect all traffic (both LAN and WAN) through the VPN, unlike Netgear's implementation that just worked. So you might want to make sure your web traffic is going through the VPN properly.
- Good info, I'll check into that.