Netgear RAX36S User Manual - Page 114
About VPN connections
View all Netgear RAX36S manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 114 highlights
4-Stream AX3000 WiFi 6 Router Model RAX36S About VPN connections A virtual private network (VPN) lets you use the Internet to securely access your network when you aren't home. This type of VPN access is called a client-to-gateway tunnel. The computer is the client, and the router is the gateway. To use the VPN feature, you must do the following: • Log in to the router to enable and configure OpenVPN (see Enable OpenVPN service in the router on page 115). • Install OpenVPN client software and configuration files on your device from which you want to use VPN (see Install OpenVPN software on a VPN client on page 116). • Run the OpenVPN client software on your device when you want to use a VPN connection. Enabling OpenVPN on your router allows VPN connections between the router and a client, for example your laptop when you are away from home. The router provides the VPN service and the laptop is the VPN client. Traffic between the router and the laptop is encrypted. Note: The router itself does not function as a VPN client to an external VPN service provider, so it does not encrypt traffic passing between your home network and the Internet. VPN can use either Dynamic DNS (DDNS) or a static IP address to connect with your router: • To use a DDNS service, register for a DDNS account with a host name. You use the host name to access your network. The router supports these DDNS accounts: NETGEAR, No-IP, and Dyn. For more information, see Set up and manage Dynamic DNS on page 84. • If your Internet service provider (ISP) assigned a static WAN IP address that never changes, the VPN can use that IP address to connect to your home network. Use OpenVPN to Access Your 114 Network User Manual