Netgear WAC124 User Manual For Firmware version less than 1.0.4.2 - Page 207

AC2000 802.11ac Wireless Access Point/Router WAC124 Router mode: Set up an OpenVPN connection The type of virtual private network (VPN) access in which remote users access a protected network is called a client-to-gateway tunnel. The computer is the client, and the access point/router is the gateway. To enable users to access the access point/router over a VPN connection, you must enable and configure OpenVPN service on the access point/router. Remote users must install and run OpenVPN client software on their computer or mobile device. OpenVPN requires a static IP address or DDNS service on the access point/router to enable a remote client such as a computer or mobile device to connect with the access point/router. (If the access point/router uses a static WAN IP address that never changes, OpenVPN can use that IP address to connect to the network over a VPN connection.) If the access point/router does not use a static WAN IP address, you can use a DDNS service for the access point/router and register for an account with a host name (also referred to as a domain name). A remote client such as a computer or mobile device can use that host name to connect with the access point/router and access the network over a VPN connection. For more information, see Router mode: Set up and manage Dynamic DNS on page 192. Router mode: Manage VPN access to your network or Internet service at your office or home When you are away from your office or home and you access the Internet, you usually use a local Internet service provider. For example, at a coffee shop you might be given a code that lets you use the coffee shop's Internet service account to surf the web. The access point/router lets you use a VPN connection to access your own Internet service when you are away from your office or home. You might want to do this if you travel to a geographic location that does not support all the Internet services that you use at your office or home. For example, your Netflix account might work at home but not in a different country. For information about the types of VPN client connections that the access point/router supports, see Router mode: Enable and configure OpenVPN and VPN client access on the access point/router on page 200. In addition to access to your office or home network, you can either allow or block VPN client Internet access through your office or home network. For the VPN tunnel to work, the LAN where your VPN client computer is connected must use a different LAN IP address scheme from that of the LAN of the access point/router at your office or home. If both networks use the same LAN IP address scheme, when Router Mode: Set up VPN 207 Connections with OpenVPN User Manual