Netgear WAX204 User Manual - Page 173
About setting up the access point as a VPN client [router mode
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WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAX204 About setting up the access point as a VPN client [router mode] In addition to using a virtual private network (VPN) to securely access your own network over the Internet when you are not home (see VPN Server and Service with OpenVPN [Router Mode] on page 177), you can also set up the access point as a VPN client to let devices on the access point's network securely access an external network, while protecting your own network identity and preventing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. An external network can be a business network behind a firewall or an Internet service that might not be accessible from your geographical location without using a VPN server in another country. Similar to using the access point as a VPN server, this type of VPN access is also called a client-to-gateway tunnel, but in this situation the access point functions as the client and an external gateway (that is not on the access point's network) functions as the VPN server. A VPN creates a secure, encrypted tunnel over the Internet between your access point and a VPN server. The VPN client on the access point redirects the Internet connection so that the access point first connects to a VPN server (which could be in another country) and then to the Internet. All devices that are connected to your access point are assigned new IP addresses from the VPN server, which hides the actual location of your access point and the devices that are connected to it. After the VPN connection is established, you use your web browser and any apps as you would normally do. Note: The access point comes with a predefined commercial VPN service provider called PureVPN. To use the VPN client feature in the access point, you need a license from this provider. However, if you want to use a free VPN service on a device on your access point's network, you can download the service's VPN client on your device and establish a connection to the free VPN server. Such a connection serves only that individual device, not all devices on theaccess point's network. To use the VPN client feature, the access point must be in router mode and you must log in to the access point, enable the access point's VPN client, and establish a connection to an external VPN server (see Enable the VPN client in the access point and connect to a VPN server [router mode] on page 174). VPN Client [Router Mode] 173 User Manual