NETGEAR R7000 user manual Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your Internet Service at Home

Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Router Model R7000

6.Scroll down to the Clients will use this VPN connection to access section, and select the Home Network only radio button.

This is the default setting. The VPN connection is only to your home network, not to the Internet service for your home network.

7.Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved.

8.Click For Windows or For Non Windows button and download the configuration files for your VPN clients.

9.Unzip the configuration files 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.

Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your Internet Service at Home

To access your Internet service:

1.Set up the router to allow VPN access to your Internet service. See Set Up VPN Client Internet Access in the Router on page 143

2.On your computer, launch the OpenVPN application. The OpenVPN icon displays in the Windows taskbar.

3.Right-click the icon, and select Select Connect.

4.When the VPN connection is established, launch your Internet browser.

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