Use A Vpn Tunnel On Your Windows Computer - NETGEAR Nighthawk AX6 User Manual

Nighthawk AX6 AX2700 WiFI Cable Modem Router Model CAX30
To install VPN client software on an Android device:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
router network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the modem router user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time
that you logged in. 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 selected.
6. Specify any VPN service settings on the page.
For more information, see Specify VPN Service in the Router on page 98.
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 downloaded and send the
files to your Android device.
10. Open the files on your Android device.
11. Open the .ovpn file using the OpenVPN Connect app.
For more information about using OpenVPN on your Android device, visit
http://www.vpngate.net/en/howto_openvpn.aspx#android.
Use a VPN Tunnel on Your Windows
Computer
After you set up the modem router to use VPN and install the OpenVPN application on
your computer, you can open a VPN tunnel from your computer to your modem router
over the Internet.
For the VPN tunnel to work, the local LAN IP address of the remote modem router must
use a different LAN IP scheme from that of the local LAN where your VPN client computer
is connected. If both networks use the same LAN IP scheme, when the VPN tunnel is
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