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NYMetsFan
Oct 12, 2016Aspirant
R7000 VPN Site to Site with OpenWRT Router
I am attempting to create a site to site VPN connection with my Netgear Nighthawk R7000 Router where the Netgear Router is the Server (192.168.1.1), and an OpenWRT router is a client (192.168.2.1). ...
- Jan 20, 2017
We do not support site to site OpenVPN configuration. The R7000 OpenVPN implementation is only for server to client configurations.
NYMetsFan
Oct 13, 2016Aspirant
Client VPN router ---- clients 192.168.2.X
192.168.2.1
255.255.255.0
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||| internet
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Netgear R7000 --- clients 192.168.1.X
192.168.1.1
255.255.255.0
I am able to connect from the client router to the netgear router via VPN (192.168.254.X) and am able to get access to all locations on the 192.168.1.X network and internet but am unable to communicate with any machine or ip on the 192.168.2.X from behind the netgear router.
As a passthrough, should I have the ability to have bi-directional IP access? I have almost completed my goal, but need access to reach machines behind the 193.268.2.X network. Running traceroute I can't communicate outbound messages via the 192.168.254.X tunnel.
Thanks so much for looking into this. I'm really hoping for a positive outcome and not have to spend another 100 dollars on another openwrt router.
192.168.2.1
255.255.255.0
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||| internet
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Netgear R7000 --- clients 192.168.1.X
192.168.1.1
255.255.255.0
I am able to connect from the client router to the netgear router via VPN (192.168.254.X) and am able to get access to all locations on the 192.168.1.X network and internet but am unable to communicate with any machine or ip on the 192.168.2.X from behind the netgear router.
As a passthrough, should I have the ability to have bi-directional IP access? I have almost completed my goal, but need access to reach machines behind the 193.268.2.X network. Running traceroute I can't communicate outbound messages via the 192.168.254.X tunnel.
Thanks so much for looking into this. I'm really hoping for a positive outcome and not have to spend another 100 dollars on another openwrt router.
- ElaineMOct 14, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Where's the 192.168.254.x client located? Which side?
Are you saying that the client behind the 192.168.2.x network can access 192.168.1.x network perfectly but not a client from 192.168.1.x network to 192.168.2.x?
What's the VPN client software that you're using?
- NYMetsFanOct 14, 2016Aspirant
Client VPN router ---- clients 192.168.2.X
192.168.2.1
255.255.255.0
|||
||| internet
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Netgear R7000 --- clients 192.168.1.X
192.168.1.1
255.255.255.0Open VPN --Netgear assigns 192.168.254.X VPN Address to each client which tunnels into the network
Where's the 192.168.254.x client located? Which side?
- Revised above. OpenVPN on the Netgear R7000 router using Firmware V1.0.7.2_1.1.93. The 192.168.254.X is the IP assigned in the VPN Client Devices section of the Attached devices. Do I have any other firmware options?
Are you saying that the client behind the 192.168.2.x network can access 192.168.1.x network
perfectly but not a client from 192.168.1.x network to 192.168.2.x?
- That is correct. When on 2.x, I can access all LAN machines on 1.x. When trying to ping from the 1.x network to the 2.x network, I can't reach any machine. The only address I can ping is the 192.168.254.x address of the client router which has iniated the VPN Tunnel.
What's the VPN client software that you're using?
OpenVPN.
Here is my 192.168.2.1 Client Configuration:
config openvpn 'netgear'
option client '1'
option proto 'udp'
option resolv_retry 'infinite'
option nobind '1'
option persist_key '1'
option persist_tun '1'
option comp_lzo 'yes'
option verb '5'
option cert '/etc/openvpn/client.crt'
option key '/etc/openvpn/client.key'
option ca '/etc/openvpn/ca.crt'
option log '/tmp/log/openvpn.log'
option cipher 'AES-128-CBC'
option remote XXX 1193'
option dev 'tun'
option enabled '1'
option redirect_gateway 'def1'
Here is the Client conf:
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote XXX 1193
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
EOF
- ElaineMOct 17, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Technically the OpenVPN works as Box to client connection.
What's the configuration of your OpenWRT?
I'm thinking that the configuration you seek may work if you use a VPN router which will be a site-to-site VPN connection.