The VPN Service page displays.
8.
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 on the router on page 176.
9.
Click the For Windows button to download the router’s OpenVPN configuration
files to your Windows-based computer.
10.
Unzip the OpenVPN configuration files and copy them to the config sub-folder in
your OpenVPN client utility installation folder.
You can also import the unzipped .ovpn configuration file from the OpenVPN client
user interface.
11.
Modify the VPN interface name to NETGEAR-VPN:
a.
If your computer is running Windows 10 or newer, select Start > Settings >
Network & Internet > Change adapter options.
If your computer is running another Windows version, find the page that lets you
change the adapter settings.
b.
In the local area connection list, find the local area connection with the device
name TAP-Windows Adapter.
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
You must install both the OpenVPN Connect utility and OpenVPN configuration files
on each Mac where you want to use a VPN connection to your router.
To download and install the OpenVPN Connect utility and OpenVPN configuration
files on a Mac:
1.
To download the OpenVPN Connect utility on your Mac, visit
https://openvpn.net/client-connect-vpn-for-mac-os/.
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