Router Mode: Use A Vpn Tunnel To Access Your Internet Service At Your Office Or Home - NETGEAR WAC124-100NAS User Manual

AC2000 802.11ac Wireless Access Point/Router WAC124
For information about the types of VPN client connections that the access point/router
supports, see Router mode: Enable and configure OpenVPN and VPN client access on
the access point/router on page 206. In addition to access to your office or home network,
you can either allow or block VPN client Internet access through your office or home
network.
For the VPN tunnel to work, the LAN where your VPN client computer is connected must
use a different LAN IP address scheme from that of the LAN of the access point/router
at your office or home. If both networks use the same LAN IP address scheme, when
the VPN tunnel is established, you cannot access the access point/router network at
your office or home with the OpenVPN software.
The default LAN IP address scheme for the access point/router is 192.100.0.x. The most
common IP schemes are 192.x.x.x, 172.x.x.x, and 10.x.x.x. If you experience a conflict
while you are not at your office or home, consider asking someone else at your office
or home to change the access point/router IP address scheme for your office or home
network (see Router mode: Manage the LAN IP address settings on page 114).
Router mode: Use a VPN tunnel to access your Internet
service at your office or home
Before you leave your office or home, make sure that you set up the following:
• In addition to setting up VPN client access to your office or home network for the
type of computer or mobile device that you intend to use as a VPN client, allow VPN
client Internet access through your office or home network (see Router mode: Enable
and configure OpenVPN and VPN client access on the access point/router on page
206).
• Download and install OpenVPN client software on the computer or mobile device
that you intend to use as a VPN client (see Router mode: Install OpenVPN client
software on a remote client on page 207).
To remotely access your Internet service at your home or office:
1. On your computer, launch the OpenVPN application.
2. Right-click the icon and select Connect.
Depending on the operating system on your computer or mobile client, you might
have to do something else to make a VPN connection.
3. Enter the OpenVPN password for VPN access.
This is the password that you set up when you installed and configured OpenVPN
client software on your computer or mobile device
4. When the VPN connection is established, launch your web browser.
Router Mode: Set up VPN
Connections with OpenVPN
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