NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Tunnelblick VPN Client on a Mac does not change the public IP
confI have followed the help link
https://kb.netgear.com/25389/Enabling-VPN-service-on-a-Nighthawk-router-using-a-MAC-OS-computer
However, my public IP is still the same.
I did some researches and most information point to add --redirect-gateway def1 or push "redirect-gateway def1" to the config file which is the client.conf file that was downloaded from the link in netgear router. It still cann't solve the issue. I have no idea what I have done wrong. Please help. Thanks.
9 Replies
I have the same issue here. What needs to be added to the conf file to make this work for Mac OS?
- That doesn't sound right. It should also allow you to browse the web as if you were on your home network as well. That's why you have the option to "home network only" or "home network and internet" as options.
I have the same issue only with my Mac OS. I have openvpn on my iphone and when connected to the vpn and i go to www.ipchicken.com, it shows my home IP address. when i do the same on my Mac i get an error about the ip address not changing. so i check with ipchicken and its the IP of the local router im connected to.
I sent the logs to tunnleblick and the issue is this error
NOTE: unable to redirect default gateway -- VPN gateway parameter (--route-gateway or --ifconfig) is missing
what needs to be change to fix that
- Correct. It’s used to connect in from a remote location. But it’s still not working correct