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Andy1972
Mar 04, 2021Aspirant
OpenVPN
Hi all I'm a bit stuck with the set-up of the VPN. I followed the instruction of the Nighthawk MR60 manual, but somehow does not get it to work. As stated above, i'm using MR60 and 1 MS60. Worki...
Christian_R
Mar 05, 2021NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Andy,
If you recently purchased the device I would recommend contacting our support team as newly purchased devices are provided with 90 days of complimentary support. You may open a ticket by registering your device using the link below.
https://www.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx
Christian
Andy1972
Mar 06, 2021Aspirant
Dear Christian
Yes, i'm in contact with the support. I'm slowly coming closer to a result.
What i found out so far is, that the files generated with the Tab "for non Windows" cannot be used for a mac (they don't have the extension .ovpn. This information was not given by the support, but fount in the internet.
As it is still not running now, they suggest that i open port 1194. As i've never done it, i need to find a friend that can help me. hopefully this will solve all problems ;)
Cheers
Andy
btw, the manual on how to set up the vpn is.... let's say not very accurat