Use Vpn To Access Your Internet Service At Home; Allow Vpn Client Internet Access In The Router - NETGEAR Nighthawk RS700 User Manual

Use VPN to access your Internet service at
home
When you're away from home and you access the Internet, you usually use a local Internet
service provider. For example, at a coffee shop you might be given a code that lets you
use the coffee shop's Internet service account to surf the web.
Your router lets you use a VPN connection to access your own Internet service when
you're away from home. You might want to do this to encrypt the data to and from your
device so that any data intercepted by a third party cannot read the data. You might
also want to use a VPN connection if you travel to a geographic location that doesn't
support all the Internet services that you use at home. For example, your Netflix account
might work at home but not in a different country.
NOTE: The data sent between your device and your router is encrypted by
the VPN, but the data exchanged between your router and the public Internet
is not protected by the VPN service.

Allow VPN client Internet access in the router

By default, the router is set up to allow VPN connections only to your home network,
but you can change the settings to allow Internet access. Accessing the Internet remotely
through a VPN might be slower than accessing the Internet directly.
To allow VPN clients to use your home Internet service:
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 displays.
3. Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified when you set
up your router. 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.
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