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BR500 “Instant VPN”?
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The virtual IP issue is fixed and deployed to production server, please let us know if you still have issue. Thank you all.
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Re: BR500 “Instant VPN”?
I have the same problem adding any of my two BR500 to a VPN group.
The iphone app gives an generic error and when I try with the insigt Cloud portal website it tells me "Unable to add device(s) because Unable to assign Virtual IP"
Does anyone have an solution?
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Re: BR500 “Instant VPN”?
Welcome to the community! 🙂
What is the current firmware version of your BR500? If ever its not yet the latest version, I suggest you to upgrade the firmware to the latest version which is v5.5.0.1. You can download it here. Be reminded to perform a factory reset on the BR500 after upgrading the firmware the reconfigure the settings from scratch in order to start clean using the latest firmware version. Then, check if the same problem occurs.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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Re: BR500 “Instant VPN”?
I swear the website also stated that if you bought the BR500 prior to 1/29/19 you’d get a VPN license for client access forever. That’s why I bought the device last week.
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Re: BR500 “Instant VPN”?
I am having the exact same problem.
I am now going on Day four of the fight with Netgear - currently waiting on Level 3 support to call since last week.
I upgraded to the latest firmware, reset the device at least 5 times, bought the premium service and bought the VPN service - still not working.
Any ideas?
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Re: BR500 “Instant VPN”?
Yes, same here. I have upgraded to firmware 5.5 and done a factory reset on both my BR500, deleted all old VPN groups, bought the premium service for VPN and I get the same message that "Unable to add device(s) because Unable to assign Virtual IP" as before.
I am not very impressed.
/ John
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Re: BR500 “Instant VPN”?
Sorry for the service inconvenience!
We are working on a fix to the virtual IP issue, will keep you updated.
Thank you.

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The virtual IP issue is fixed and deployed to production server, please let us know if you still have issue. Thank you all.

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