R7000 OpenVPN IPhone/IPad Support

[54Mike]

The R7000 FAQ page (https://kb.netgear.com/23794/R7000-FAQs) states:

What other VPN clients will work with the VPN service of the R7000?
Only OpenVPN clients for Windows, Mac and Linux (not Iphone/Android) will currently work with our VPN service. OpenVPN is not compatible with IPSec, IKE, PPTP, or L2TP.

However the router "genie" "Advanced Setup->VPN Service" seems to indicate support:

OpenVPN client setup instruction

Windows   Mac OSX   iPhone/iPad   Android

I have been trying to setup OpenVPN on my IPad and would concure with the FAQ that  OpenVPN is NOT supported, does not work, on IPad.

Please advise.

[shamarin · Accepted solution]

For me OpenVPN is working on my Android device. I can connect without any issues to the router.

[shamarin · Accepted solution]

For me OpenVPN is working on my Android device. I can connect without any issues to the router.

[54Mike]

My post was really meant to put focus on the poor documentation from Netgear.

I see that I made the mistake saying that OpenVPN does not work on iStuff but that is not the case, it works just fine.

The issue I HAD was OpenVPN on iStuff would not connect to the Netgear router.

My my solution was to load to ASUS-Merlin firmware on the router. Better documented, better interface, better .opvn file generated.