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scouzi66
Aspirant
Dec 22, 2016
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Port forwarding to a VPN client

I enabled VPN access to my R7000 running the latest formware level. Port forwarding to a VPN client connected does not work. Is this supported? I forward the port to the local IP address provided to ...
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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Jan 03, 2017

    Hi scouzi66,

     

    If you will use it on a PC, you should use TAP and TUN is for mobile or smartphones.

     

    TUN mode - 12973 (for smartphone)
    TAP mode – 12974 (for PC)

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jan 02, 2017

Hi scouzi66,

 

We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.