Netgear R8000 Nighthawk X6 Ac3200 Tri Band Wifi Gigabit Router User Manual

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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  ADV
 ANCED > 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...

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12. Read the License Agreement and click the  I Agree button.
13. Leave the check boxes selected as shown, and click the  Next button.
14.  T
o specify the destination folder, click the  Browse button and select a destination folder.
15. Click the  Install button.
The page displays the progress of the installation and then displays the\
 final installation  page. 

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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 computer. 
For a client device with Windows 64-bit system, the VPN client is installed at 
C:\Program files\OpenVPN\config\ by default.
18. For a client device with Windows, modify the VPN interface name to NETGEAR-VPN: 
a.In Windows, select Control Panel > Network and...

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For more information about using OpenVPN on your Mac computer, visit 
https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-server/docs/admin-guides/183-how-to\
-connect-to-
access-server-from-a-mac.html .
Use a VPN Tunnel on Your Windows Computer
After you set up the router to use VPN and install the OpenVPN applicati\
on on your 
computer, you can open a VPN tunnel from your computer to your router over the I\
nternet.
For the VPN tunnel to...

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A menu displays:
3. Select  Connect.
The VPN connection is established. You can do the following:
• Launch an Internet browser and log in to your router
 .
• Use Windows file manager to access the router
 ’s USB device and download files.
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...

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Use VPN to Access Your Internet Service at Home
When you’re away from home and you access the Internet, you usually use a local Internet 
service provider. For example, at a coffee shop you might be given a code that lets you use 
the coffee shop’s Internet service account to surf the web.
Nighthawk lets you use a VPN connection to access your own Internet service when you’re 
away from home. You might want to do this if you...

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For a client device with Windows 64-bit system, the VPN client is installed at 
C:\Program files\OpenVPN\config\ by default.
Block VPN Client Internet Access in the Router
By default, the router is set up to allow VPN connections only to your home network, not to 
the Internet service for your home network. If you changed this setting to allow Internet 
access, you can change it back.
To allow VPN clients to access only your...

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2. On your computer, launch the OpenVPN application.
The OpenVPN icon displays in the Windows taskbar.
3. Right-click the icon, and select Connect.
4. When the VPN connection is established, launch your Internet browser. 

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14.   Specify Internet Port Settings
You can use port forwarding and port triggering to set up rules for Internet traffic. You need 
networking knowledge to set up these features.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Set Up Port Forwarding to a Local Server 
•Set Up Port Triggering  

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Set Up Port Forwarding to a Local Server
If you have a server in your home network, you can allow certain types o\
f incoming traffic to 
reach the server. For example, you might want to make a local web server, FTP server, or 
game server visible and available to the Internet.
The router can forward incoming traffic with specific protocols to computers on your local  network. 
 You can specify the servers for applications...