User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Set Up and Access the Router
- 2. Specify Your Internet Settings Manually
- Use the Internet Setup Wizard
- Manually set up the router Internet connection
- Specify IPv6 Internet connections
- Requirements for entering IPv6 addresses
- Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet connection
- Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 6to4 tunnel Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 6rd Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 fixed Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 DHCP Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 PPPoE Internet connection
- Change the MTU size
- Set Up and Manage Dynamic DNS
- 3. Manage the Firewall and Security
- 4. Manage the LAN and VLAN Settings
- 5. Optimize Performance
- 6. Maintain the Router
- 7. Monitor the router and the router network
- 8. Set Up VPN Connections
- Set up an IPSec VPN connection
- Set up an OpenVPN connection
- Enable and configure OpenVPN on the router
- Install OpenVPN client software on a remote client
- Install the OpenVPN client utility and VPN configuration files on a Windows-based computer
- Install the OpenVPN client utility and VPN configuration files on a Mac
- Install the OpenVPN client utility and VPN configuration files on an iOS device
- Install the OpenVPN client utility and VPN configuration files on an Android device
- 9. Manage Port Forwarding and Port Triggering Traffic Rules
- 10. Troubleshooting
- A. Supplemental information
The Dashboard displays.
5. Select ADVANCED > Open VPN.
The Open VPN Service page displays.
6. Make sure that the Open VPN Service check box is selected.
For more information, see Enable and configure OpenVPN on the router on page
133.
7.
In the OpenVPN configuration package download section, click the For Windows
button, and download the router’s VPN configuration files.
8.
Unzip the configuration files and copy them to the folder in which the OpenVPN
client utility is installed.
Note: The following error message might display in the Open VPN client status
window: “No server certificate verification method has been enabled." If this situation
occurs, add a new line at the end of the OpenVPN client configuration file with the
following text: remote-cert-tls server
9.
Modify the VPN interface name to NETGEAR-VPN by doing the following:
a. In Windows, open Network Connection or Network and Sharing Center.
The network connection information displays.
b.
In the local area connection list, find the local area connection with the device
name TAP-Windows Adapter.
c.
Change the name of the associated local area connection to NETGEAR-VPN.
Make sure that you change the name of the local area connection, not the device
name (TAP-Windows Adapter).
If you do not change the local area connection name, the VPN connection to the
router will fail.
The computer is now ready to for you to set up a VPN connection to the router.
For more information about using OpenVPN on a Windows-based computer, visit
openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#quick.
User Manual136Set Up VPN Connections
Insight Managed Business Router BR200