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Netgear Orbi AX6000 - Open VPN Not Connecting While on Wifi
I have enabled DDNS and OpenVPN on my Netgear Orbi AX6000 and am able to use the Open VPN Android app to connect while on my mobile network. However, as soon as I connect to the WiFi, the app can no ...
Firmware version: V4.6.3.16_2.0.51
ISP: BT Fibre
ISP Modem: The fibre cable runs into a small wallmounted box which I guess is the ISP modem. I then have an RJ45 cable going into the Orbi.
Turn OFF the RBS. Connect your mobile device to the RBR only and check.
Is Armor or IPv6 enabled on the RBR?
Turned off the satelite router and that didn't help. I also had Armor and IPv6 enabled. When I also turned those off, that didn't help either.
I would open a support ticket with NG and let them know what your seeing.
According to the post below its not possible to connect to the Netgear routers Open VPN server while on the WiFi network. You can only do it from a separate network. Is this correct?
The problem is that I have to manually open the OpenVPN app and connect to my server every time I leave my home WiFi network. Is there a way to automatically get the OpenVPN client app to connect but only for the mobile network (I can't see a way). What is the best way to achieve automaticaly connect?
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-OpenVPN/m-p/1282586/highlight/true#M6993