Netgear R7800 Nighthawk X4s Ac2600 Smart Wifi Router User Manual

Set Up a VPN Connection
A virtual private network (VPN) lets you use the Internet to securely access your network when you aren’t home.
Figure 13.VPN provides a secure tunnel between your home network and a remote computer
This type of VPN access is called a client-to-gateway tunnel.The computer is the client, and the router is the gateway.
To use the VPN feature, you must log in to the router and enable VPN, and you must install and run VPN client
software on the computer.
VPN uses DDNS or a static IP...

The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VPN page displays.
5.Select the Enable VPN Service check box.
By default, the VPN uses the UDP service type and uses port 12974. If you want to customize the service type
and port, we recommend that you change these settings before you install the OpenVPN software.
6.To change the service type, scroll down and select the TCP radio button.
7.To change the port, scroll down to the Service Port field, and type the port...

7.Click the For Windows button to download the OpenVPN configuration files.
8.Visit openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html to download the OpenVPN client utility.
9.In the Windows Installer section of the page, double-click the openVPN-install-xxx.exe link.
10.Download and install the Open VPN software on your computer, click the openVPN-install-xxx.exe file.
11.Click the Next button.
12.Read the License Agreement and click the I Agree button.
13.Leave the check boxes selected as shown,...

14.To specify the destination folder, click the Browse button and select a destination folder.
15.Click the Install button.
The window displays the progress of the installation and then displays the final installation page.
16.Click the Finish button.
17.Unzip the configuration files that you downloaded and copy them to the folder where the VPN client is installed
on your device.
For a client device with Windows 64-bit system, the VPN client is installed at C:\Programfiles\OpenVPN\config\
by default....

If you do not change the VPN interface name, the VPN tunnel connection will fail.
For more information about using OpenVPN on your Windows computer, visit
https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#quick.
Install OpenVPN Software on Your Mac Computer
You must install this software on each Mac computer that you plan to use for VPN connections to your router.
To install VPN client software on your Mac computer:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected...

To install VPN client software on an iOS device:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VPN Service page displays.
5.Make sure that the Enable VPN Service check box is...

4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VPN Service page displays.
5.Make sure that the Enable VPN Service check box is selected.
6.Specify any VPN service settings on the page.
For more information, see Specify VPN Service in the Router on page 161.
7.Click the For Smart Phone button to download the OpenVPN configuration files.
8.On your Android device, download and install the OpenVPN Connect app from the Google Play Store.
9.On your computer, unzip the configuration files that you...

To open a VPN tunnel:
1.Launch the OpenVPN application with administrator privileges.
The OpenVPN icon displays in the Windows taskbar.
You can create a shortcut to the VPN program, then use the shortcut to access the settings and
select the run as administrator check box.Then every time you use this shortcut, OpenVPN
automatically runs with administrator privileges.
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2.Right-click the OpenVPN icon.
3.Select Connect.
The VPN connection is established.You can do the following:
•Launch a web browser and...

Use VPN to Access the Router’s USB Device and Media
To access a USB device and download files:
1.In Windows file manager, select the Network folder.
The network resources display.The ReadySHARE icon is in the Computer section and the remote router icon
is in the Media Devices section (if DLNA is enabled in the router).
2.If the icons do not display, click the Refresh button to update the screen.
If the local LAN and the remote LAN are using the same IP scheme, the remote router icon does not display in...

3.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VPN page displays.
5.Select the Enable VPN Service radio button.
6.Scroll down to the Clients will use this VPN connection to access section, and select the All sites on the Internet
& Home Network radio button.
When you access the Internet with the VPN connection, instead of...