Netgear NightHawk X6 AC3200 R8000 - OpenVPN – Connection Timeout

[agmcconaghy]

Hi all, 

I'm new to the forum and hoping someone has come across the same problem that I have.

In a nutshell, the VPN functionality has stopped working on my R8000, pretty much coinciding with the firmware update to support SHA256 encryption (over MD5).

I have tried a number of different things, but can't get it to work including:

• Reverting to earlier firmware
• Factory reset of router
• Deleting OpenVPN on iOS and reinstalling.
• Downloading new certificates/ .opvn file from router

There is nothing obvious showing up in the logs - it just seems to hang and then return a timeout error.

Has anyone out there come across this problem or have any other suggestions for how to get this to work?

Cheers

[agmcconaghy · Accepted solution]

All solved due to this handy link - no idea why it isn't easily accessible from the Netgear Genie.

This link allows you to reset the certificates which you'll need to do once the firmware is up to date.

Then follow the setup steps in the usual way.

http://192.168.1.1/openvpn_crt_check.htm

[agmcconaghy · Accepted solution]

All solved due to this handy link - no idea why it isn't easily accessible from the Netgear Genie.

This link allows you to reset the certificates which you'll need to do once the firmware is up to date.

Then follow the setup steps in the usual way.

http://192.168.1.1/openvpn_crt_check.htm