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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...
Thank you for replying. I haven't configured my Mac for TUN and TAP. Would you be kind enough to show me how to do it?
Thank you for replying. I haven't configured my Mac for TUN and TAP. Would you be kind enough to show me how to do it?
Open Client.conf. You should see something like this:
client
dev tap
proto udp
remote xxxxxxxx.mynetgear.com 12974
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
script-security 2
up dhcp-client-request.sh
To switch to tun, change dev tap to dev tun, and 12974 to 12973.
I forgot to mention that my WAN IP address is public
So not in one of the ranges I listed above?