A login window opens.
4. Enter the router admin 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.
5. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VPN Service page displays.
6. Make sure that the Enable VPN Service check box is selected.
For more information, see Enable and configure OpenVPN on the router on page
143.
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.
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.
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