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Use VPN to Access Your Network

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11. Unzip the configuration files that you downloaded and copy them to the folder where the

VPN client is installed on your device.

For a client device with Windows 64-bit system, the VPN client is installed at

C:\Program files\OpenVPN\config\ by default.

12. For a client device with Windows, modify the VPN interface name to NETGEAR-VPN:

a. In Windows, select Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network

Connections.

b. In the local area connection list, find the local area connection with the device name

AP-Windows Adapter.

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.

Use a VPN Tunnel

After you set up the modem router to use VPN and install the OpenVPN application on your

computer, you can open a VPN tunnel from your computer to your modem router over the

Internet.

For the VPN tunnel to work, the local LAN IP address of the remote router must use a

different LAN IP scheme from that of the local LAN where your VPN client computer is

connected. If both networks use the same LAN IP scheme, when the VPN tunnel is

established, you cannot access your home router or your home network with the OpenVPN

software.

The default LAN IP address scheme for the modem router

192.x.x.x. The most common IP

schemes are 192.x.x.x, 172.x.x.x, and 10.x.x.x. If you experience a conflict, change the IP

scheme either for your home network or for the network with the client VPN computer. For

information about changing these settings, see Manage the Modem Router’s LAN IP

Address Settings on page 208.

 To open a VPN tunnel:

1. Launch the OpenVPN application with administrator privileges.

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