Install Openvpn Software On A Mac Computer - NETGEAR Nighthawk AX6 User Manual

c. Select the local area connection and change its name (not its device name) to
NETGEAR-VPN.
If you do not change the VPN interface name, the VPN tunnel connection will fail.
You can now open a VPN tunnel to the router.
For more information about installing and using OpenVPN on your Windows-based
computer, visit https://openvpn.net/community-resources/how-to/#quick.

Install OpenVPN software on a Mac computer

You must install both the Tunnelblick OpenVPN client utility and OpenVPN configuration
files on each Mac computer where you want to use a VPN connection to your router.
To download and install the Tunnelblick OpenVPN client utility and OpenVPN
configuration files on a Mac computer:
1. To download the Tunnelblick OpenVPN client utility on your Mac computer, visit
https://tunnelblick.net/downloads.html.
2. Download and install the Tunnelblick OpenVPN client utility on your Mac computer.
You need to have administrative privileges.
3. Launch a web browser from the Mac computer, which must be connected to the
router network.
4. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
5. Enter the 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.
6. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VPN Service page displays.
7. Make sure that the Enable VPN Service check box is selected.
For more information about the VPN configuration for the router, see Enable
OpenVPN service in the router on page 129.
8. Click the For non-Windows button to download the router's OpenVPN configuration
files to your Mac computer.
9. Unzip the OpenVPN configuration files and copy them to the folder in which you
installed the Tunnelblick OpenVPN client utility.
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