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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour

stevelk9999
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ORBI VPN and Armour

I enabled VPN on my router and set up the Mynear DDNS.

 

This seemed simple,

 

 I then downloaded the OPen VPN app onto my android

 

I then downloaded the open vpn configuration and transferred to my android device

 

I can ping my WAN address so I know that is correct

 

However, when I try to connect on the app ( Intenally on my wifi), I get waiting for server

 

 

Any suggestions??  Or do I need to be outside of the wifi?

 

 

 

 

Model: RBR50|Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi Router
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FURRYe38
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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour

I would post about this over on the Armor forum:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Armor/bd-p/en-home-armor

 

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stevelk9999
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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour

Thank you for your help.  I posted there as well.  It seems that I when I turn off wifi and use cellular I can connect.  I just wanted to check before I installed the laptop/windows version

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FURRYe38
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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour

Disable Armor as well and test. 

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stevelk9999
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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour

Thanks.   I was hesitating to mess with it while it worked.

So for the record,

 

1. Whether or not armor is enabled, I can connect via cell network

2. Whether or not armor is enabled, I cannot connect internally with WIFI  though it doesnt matter since I can connect without VPN.

 

For the record I took out the Bitfender box 2 since I wanted to add VPN

 

I know a lot of people have asked about Bitdefender box 2 versus Armor but I cant really say.  I havent noticed any speed issues or problems with either.

 

 

thanks again

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stevelk9999
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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour: Update 2 house and 2 ORBI and tap adapter

1. Thanks to this board, I have set up my orbi and open VPN at House A and it seems to be working well.  I live here during the week for a temporary job.

 

2. I will now like to set this up at house B with another Orbi ( loyal netgear customer)

My question is I would like to  use the same laptop that I take back and forth and want to know how to set up a second NETGEAR Tap adapter?

 

Model: RBR50|Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi Router
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FURRYe38
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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour: Update 2 house and 2 ORBI and tap adapter

You should be able to use same laptop...

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stevelk9999
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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour: Update 2 house and 2 ORBI and tap adapter

thanks.  DO I need to change the name of the TAP adapter?  Will they both need to be named Netgear?  

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FURRYe38
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Re: ORBI VPN and Armour: Update 2 house and 2 ORBI and tap adapter

No sure about that. You might change the name anyways and give an intuitive name so you know what the adapter is and it's location. 

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