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MrChrisH
Oct 23, 2025Aspirant
RS700 VPN Service certs incomplete?
I've been setting up NoIP and the VPN Service on my RS700. I'm on firmware version V1.0.9.6_2.0.100. After much tinkering and following much of the helpful advice here, I have a connection that ...
StephenB
Oct 24, 2025Guru - Experienced User
MrChrisH wrote:The certificate provided by the router seems to be missing the necessary Key Usage (KU) flags.
Are you seeing a section like this in client.crt?
X509v3 Extended Key Usage:
TLS Web Client Authentication
MrChrisH
Oct 24, 2025Aspirant
No. I'm not seeing a section with that header.
- StephenBOct 24, 2025Guru - Experienced User
MrChrisH wrote:
No. I'm not seeing a section with that header.
That is why you have the problem.
FWIW, I missed a second relevant line from my client.crt (from an Orbi, not an RS700):
X509v3 Extended Key Usage: TLS Web Client Authentication X509v3 Key Usage: Digital SignatureOnly Netgear can fix this, as adding this text would invalidate the cert's digital signature.
All you can do for now is remove remote-cert-tls server.
- MrChrisHOct 24, 2025Aspirant
Interesting. I thought the issue was in the generated server cert and it needing the Key Usage defined. Maybe I have issues in two places! Thanks for sharing.
Let's see what Netgear come back with
- StephenBOct 24, 2025Guru - Experienced User
MrChrisH wrote:
I thought the issue was in the generated server cert
Could well be there too.