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Hans-Brinker
Jul 22, 2017Aspirant
VPN on R7800
I would like to install VPN on my R7800 router to protect all gadgets in my network when they access the internet. Therefore I have the following questions: Does this modem have a VPN built in? W...
- Jul 22, 2017
LEDE (OpenWRT) supports using the router as a VPN Client.
You can try Cezary's LEDE builds:
http://dl.eko.one.pl/luci/lede/17.01-SNAPSHOT/targets/ipq806x/generic/
TheEther
Jul 22, 2017Guru
Just to be clear, the R7800 is a router, as you stated in your first sentence. It's not a modem, as you state in most of your questions.
The R7800 only has inbound VPN support. There is no outbound VPN support on stock firmware. You will need to use third-party firmware, like DD-WRT or OpenWRT. I don't have a R7800, so caveat emptor.