Nighthawk M1 missing option to enable VPN

[port16]

Wishing to connect the Hotspot to my Corporate VPN, looked in the manual and the directions are to access the web interface, choose setings > Advanced Settings > Other

The only issue is there's no option to enable a VPN Service. The page has:

- VPN Passthrough

- UPnP

- DLNA

- DMZ

Am I missing something? What I want to do is have the devices behind the hotspot get VPN'd into my corporate network without any configuration on the client.

Any help is appreciated.

[Blanca_O]

Hi port16, 

Welcome to NETGEAR Community!

May we please know the device SKU (e.g. MR1100-100NAS)? This can be checked on the box of the product or on the barcode label. 

What is the firmware version? 

Regards,
Blanca
Community Team

[schumaku]

VPN Passthrough means that most VPN traffic can flow over the router - from the client to the business VPN concentrator.

Far to many requirements for a "generic" business class VPN client on such a device - this starts from customized controls and protocols over certificates, passwords required to unlock private key on your certificate, 2FA integration ...

For the moment - when I have it right - all these mobile routers don't have any VPN client at all.

[port16]

I should have come back and updated this post, but it slipped my mind. I ended up working my way into a support call, and was told that the VPN client was removed from all fo the hotpots, which is a bummer, since it's advertised int he manual.

I ended up buying a couple of TP-LINK Safestream Multi WAN VPN Routers and use them to connect everything behind the hotspot to the corporate LAN.

I think that having the VPN as a built in option would certainly be useful, but alas, it's not to be.