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Use OpenVPN to Access Your Home Network, Step1. Set up OpenVPN Server on Your Router

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Chapter 10 VPN Server 10. 1. Use OpenVPN to Access Your Home Network In the OpenVPN connection, the home network can act as a server, and the remote client can access the server through the router which acts as an OpenVPN Server gateway. To use the VPN feature, you should enable OpenVPN Server on your router, and install and run VPN client software on the remote client. Please follow the steps below to set up an OpenVPN connection. Step1. Set up OpenVPN Server on Your Router 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the username and password you set for the router. 2. Go to Advanced > VPN Server > OpenVPN, and select Enable VPN Server. Note: 1. Before you enable VPN Server, we recommend you configure Dynamic DNS Service (recommended) or assign a static IP address for router's WAN port and synchronize your System Time with Internet. 2. The first time you configure the OpenVPN Server, you may need to Generate a certificate before you enable the VPN Server. 3. Select the Servive Type (communication protocol) for OpenVPN Server: UDP, TCP. 4. Enter a VPN Service Port to which a VPN client connects, and the port number should be between 1024 and 65535. 5. In VPN Subnet/Netmask field, enter the range of IP addresses that can be leased to the client by the OpenVPN server. 6. Select your Client Access type., select Home Network Only if you only want the remote client to access your home network, select Internet and Home Network if the remote client also want to access Internet through VPN Server. 45

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Chapter 10
VPN Server
10. 1.
Use OpenVPN to Access Your Home Network
In the OpenVPN connection, the home network can act as a server, and the remote
client can access the server through the router which acts as an OpenVPN Server
gateway. To use the VPN feature, you should enable OpenVPN Server on your router,
and install and run VPN client software on the remote client. Please follow the steps
below to set up an OpenVPN connection.
Step1. Set up OpenVPN Server on Your Router
1. Visit
http://tplinkwifi.net
, and log in with the username and password you set for the
router.
2. Go to
Advanced
>
VPN Server
>
OpenVPN
, and select
Enable VPN Server
.
Note:
1. Before you enable VPN Server, we recommend you configure Dynamic DNS Service (recommended) or assign a
static IP address for router’s WAN port and synchronize your System Time with Internet.
2. The first time you configure the OpenVPN Server, you may need to
Generate
a certificate before you enable the
VPN Server.
3. Select the
Servive Type
(communication protocol) for OpenVPN Server: UDP, TCP.
4. Enter a VPN
Service Port
to which a VPN client connects, and the port number should
be between 1024 and 65535.
5. In
VPN Subnet/Netmask
field, enter the range of IP addresses that can be leased to
the client by the OpenVPN server.
6. Select your
Client Access
type., select
Home Network Only
if you only want the
remote client to access your home network, select
Internet and Home Network
if the
remote client also want to access Internet through VPN Server.