Netgear MS70 User Manual - Page 120

Install OpenVPN software on a Mac computer, Enable VPN Service

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Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 System with MR70 router and MS70 satellite 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 your mesh 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 117. 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. Use OpenVPN to Access Your 120 Network User Manual

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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 your
mesh network.
4.
Enter
.
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 117.
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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Use OpenVPN to Access Your
Network
Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 System with MR70 router and MS70 satellite