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Port forwarding to a VPN client
I enabled VPN access to my R7000 running the latest formware level. Port forwarding to a VPN client connected does not work. Is this supported? I forward the port to the local IP address provided to ...
Hi scouzi66,
If you will use it on a PC, you should use TAP and TUN is for mobile or smartphones.
TUN mode - 12973 (for smartphone)
TAP mode – 12974 (for PC)
Just a clarification to make ..
It's a TAP on the client and not a TUN.
Here is my client config file as generated by the router config
client
dev tap
proto udp
remote xxxxxxx.mynetgear.com xxxxx
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 5
Hi scouzi66,
If you will use it on a PC, you should use TAP and TUN is for mobile or smartphones.
TUN mode - 12973 (for smartphone)
TAP mode – 12974 (for PC)