Use Openvpn To Access Your Home Network - TP-Link AD7200 User Manual

Chapter 11

11. 1. Use OpenVPN to Access Your Home Network

In the OpenVPN connection, the home network can act as a server, and the remote
client can access the server through the router which acts as an OpenVPN Server
gateway. To use the VPN feature, you should enable OpenVPN Server on your router,
and install and run VPN client software on the remote client. Please follow the steps
below to set up an OpenVPN connection.
Step1. Set up OpenVPN Server on Your Router
1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the username and password you set for the
router.
2. Go to Advanced >
Note:
1. Before you enable VPN Server, we recommend you configure Dynamic DNS Service (recommended) or assign a
static IP address for router's WAN port and synchronize your System Time with Internet.
2. The first time you configure the OpenVPN Server, you must synchronize your System Time with Internet, and then
Generate a certificate before you enable the VPN Server.
3. Select the Servive Type
4. Enter a VPN Service Port
be between 1024 and 65535.
5. In VPN Subnet/Netmask
the client by the OpenVPN server.
6. Select your Client Access
client to access your home network, select
client also want to access Internet through VPN Server.
VPN Server > OpenVPN, and select
(communication protocol) for OpenVPN Server: UDP, TCP.
to which a VPN client connects, and the port number should
field, enter the range of IP addresses that can be leased to
type: select Home Network Only
Enable VPN
if you only want the remote
Internet and Home Network
Server.
if the remote
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