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VPN client on R6700v3 router - internal network
I have a R6700v3 router with the VPN service set up. I have a Windows 10 laptop with the latest OpenVPN client on it. I had to set it to Unsecured since the TLS was reporting as too low. The clien...
What "vpn service" do you have setup on the router?
Most often, I see users using a thirdparty firmware solution for decent vpns
What "vpn service" do you have setup on the router?
ReadyPlayer2025 - if you are using the cloud-hosted VPN service (Nord, ExpressVPN, ZeroTier, etc), then you don't need to set up anything in your router.
So we do need more details here.
I am using the OpenVPN client on a Windows 10 workstation.
The VPN Service setup is the one on the NetGear R6700v3 under the Advanced setup.
The client will attach to the router and get the 192.168.254.2 address. I then went to check the router and see that it shows my laptop as an attached device.
However, I can't ping for attach to anything on the internal 172.16.200.xxx / 24 network.
One forum post mentioned something about enabling passthrough on the NetGear, but there is no option like that I can find.