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DFUNG
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Oct 31, 2016
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R7000 VPN & android

Hello,   I bougt R7000 a week ago and i have upgraded it to the latest firmware but i still could not  enjoy the VPN function of it via ANDROID PHONE with "OpenVpn connect " app ( see versions belo...
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  • DFUNG's avatar
    DFUNG
    Nov 03, 2016

    Hi James,

     

    Thanks for the reply.

    I had followed the below article before i posted my questions.

    I finally found that the problem was orginated from the Dynamic DNS setting. I had to enable the Dynamic DNS in the router before getting this problem. I needed to get a hostname from mynetgear.com or ddns.net thru noip.com. I believe this is because i have not been provided with a fixed IP from my ISP so the ip in my router keeps changing. It is highly recommended to include the section about " Dynamic DNS" for VPN in the original article about VPN set up. 

     

    Thanks again for looking into my router's issues. 

DFUNG's avatar
DFUNG
Aspirant
Nov 03, 2016

Hi James,

 

Thanks for the reply.

I had followed the below article before i posted my questions.

I finally found that the problem was orginated from the Dynamic DNS setting. I had to enable the Dynamic DNS in the router before getting this problem. I needed to get a hostname from mynetgear.com or ddns.net thru noip.com. I believe this is because i have not been provided with a fixed IP from my ISP so the ip in my router keeps changing. It is highly recommended to include the section about " Dynamic DNS" for VPN in the original article about VPN set up. 

 

Thanks again for looking into my router's issues. 

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    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Nov 04, 2016

    Hi DFUNG,

     

    Thank you for your update. You may tag your post as accepted resolution so that others will be able to check what resolves your concern.

     

    JamesGL
    Community Team