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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 ...
MrChrisH
Oct 24, 2025Aspirant
No. I'm not seeing a section with that header.
StephenB
Oct 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 Signature
Only 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.
- FURRYe38Oct 27, 2025Guru - Experienced User
FYI, NG reproduced the issue. So all in there hands to get it fixed. Don't know when that will be so will need to be patient and keep an eye on next FW update. Hopefully get fix by then.