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cofresi59
Aspirant
Mar 03, 2026

Having Problems with OpenVPN for Mac

I recently upgraded my ASUS router to a Netgear RS700. I configured the OpenVPN service to TUN mode on UDP port 12973 and TAP mode on 12974. Clients will use VPN to connect to the internet and the ho...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 03, 2026
cofresi59 wrote:

I configured the OpenVPN service to TUN mode on UDP port 12973 and TAP mode on 12974.

Have you tried both TUN and TAP configurations on the Mac?  It's fairly easy to modify the config file to change that.

 

cofresi59 wrote:

Any ports that need to be forwarded that I missed?

Only if you are double-routing.  Is your RS700 WAN IP address a private address?

  • 10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255 (10.0.0.0/8)
  • 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255 (172.16.0.0/12)
  • 192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255
  • 100.64.0.0. - 100.64.127.255 (100.64.0.0/10)