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No VPN?
Router is a new RS100. I've been all over the Advanced set up page and cannot find where to set up a VPN. I'm just starting to dabble into this and would like the router for my VPN, for now. Any ideas where it's hidden? I already have a NoIP account ready to go/entered into the router.
Thanks for any input.
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Router is a new RS100. I've been all over the Advanced set up page and cannot find where to set up a VPN. I'm just starting to dabble into this and would like the router for my VPN, for now. Any ideas where it's hidden?
The manual doesn't include any reference to that feature.
The RS200 has it - note that in all Netgear routers that have the feature, it is for remote access (a vpn server), not a VPN client that will send all your client traffic through the VPN.
So, the 100 has no vpn...ugh. must have been why it cost what it did. We're on a budget and the 100 appeared to be decent. I wish my old R6220 was more up to date. I believe it had it.
How does the Firefox VPN compare then?
Thanks for the quick response đ
I've been all over the Advanced set up page
The RS100 appears to support two forms of VPN:
- The built in "Host mode" which allows access to the LAN from the internet, and
- A feature of the Optional Bitdefender Armor capability (which you have to pay for)
Look under Services and Security on the Product Data Sheet:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RS100/RS100_TS.pdf
must have been why it cost what it did
Not even the most expensive Nighthawk router includes a VPN Client feature.
The built in "Host mode" which allows access to the LAN from the internet,
Where are you finding that? "Host Mode" is not in the user manual and in the datasheet either.
The bottom item under Services and Security:
Of course, not actually having an RS100, it is somewhat of a stretch to infer that the Product Data Sheet is accurate. Every Netgear WiFi router has had OpenVPN as part of the firmware for over a decade.
