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NightRouter
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May 24, 2017
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Respond to ping enabled when using vpn on R7000

Yesterday i downloaded latest firmware and issue still not fixed.Why is it netgear and every security expert says turn off responding to pings but when using vpn this option is not able to be disabled...
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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Jul 10, 2017

    Hi NightRouter,

     

    It is how OpenVPN is implemented on NETGEAR routers. It is greyed out when OpenVPN is enabled.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 10, 2017

Hi NightRouter,

 

It is how OpenVPN is implemented on NETGEAR routers. It is greyed out when OpenVPN is enabled.

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    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jul 13, 2017

    Hi NightRouter,

     

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