Check The Internet Connection Status And Manage The Connection - NETGEAR BR500 User Manual

Consider the following VPN example for Insight managed routers with a site-to-site
connection and a remote VPN client:
• Site 1. An ISP assigns a BR500 router a public WAN IP address of 12.34.56.78, the
router virtual IP address is 10.1.11.1, the router LAN subnet is 192.168.1.x, and a
ReadyNAS storage device receives a DHCP-assigned IP address of 192.168.1.2.
• Site 2. Another BR500 router is connected to an existing office network, receives a
private (that is, non-public) WAN IP address of 10.20.1.119, the router virtual IP
address is 10.1.11.2, and the router LAN subnet is 192.168.2.x.
• Remote VPN client. In a hotel, a remote VPN client is assigned LAN IP address
192.168.3.3, the user does not know the WAN IP of the hotel, and the VPN client is
assigned virtual IP address 10.1.11.3 through its VPN client program.
In this VPN configuration, the following applies:
• The remote VPN client can ping both BR500 routers (that is, IP address 10.1.11.1
and IP address 10.1.11.2) because the remote client and the routers function in the
same VPN network.
• The remote VPN client can also ping WAN IP address 12.34.56.78 of the BR500
router at Site 1 because it is a public IP address.
• The remote VPN client cannot ping WAN IP address 10.20.1.119 of the BR500 router
at Site 2 because it is a private IP address.
• The remote VPN client can access Site 1 at an IP address in LAN subnet 192.168.1.x.
For example, the remote VPN client can access the SMB share of the ReadyNAS
storage device at \\192.168.1.2.
• The remote VPN client can access devices at Site 2 at an IP address in LAN subnet
192.168.2.x.
• Local users at Site 1 and Site 2 can access each other's devices at an IP address in
the LAN subnet of each BR500 router.
Check the Internet connection status and
manage the connection
To check the Internet connection status and manage the connection:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
router network.
2. Enter https://www.routerlogin.net.
Monitor the router and the
router network
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