TP-LINK Archer C7 Owner's Manual

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Chapter 12

 

VPN Server

6. Select your 

Client Access

 type. Select 

Home Network Only

 if you only want the

remote device to access your home network; select 

Internet and Home Network 

if  

you also want the remote device to access internet through the VPN Server.

7. Click 

Save

.

8. Click 

Generate

 to get a new certificate.

Note:

If you have already generated one, please skip this step, or click 

Generate

 to update the certificate.

9. Click 

Export

 to save the OpenVPN configuration file which will be used by the remote

device to access your router.

12. 1. 2.  Step 2. Configure OpenVPN Connection on Your Remote 

Device

1. Visit 

http://openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html

 to

download the OpenVPN software, and install it on your device where you want to run
the OpenVPN client utility.

Note:

You need to install the 

OpenVPN

 client utility on each device that you plan to apply the VPN function to access 

your router. Mobile devices should download a third-party app from Google Play or Apple App Store.

2. After the installation, copy the file exported from your router to the OpenVPN client

utility’s “config” folder (for example, 

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config

 on Windows).

The path depends on where the OpenVPN client utility is installed.

3. Run the OpenVPN client utility and connect it to OpenVPN Server.

12. 2.  Use PPTP VPN to Access Your Home Network

PPTP VPN Server is used to create a VPN connection for remote device. To use the VPN 
feature, you should enable PPTP VPN Server on your router, and configure the PPTP 
connection on the remote device. Please follow the steps below to set up a PPTP VPN 
connection.