I quickly checked to see if any other NETGEAR WiFi routers have had this OpenVPN/smartphone connectivity recently added via a firmware update, but didn’t see anything. Here’s how to do it! Enable OpenVPN on NETGEAR Router The setup really just takes a few minutes. OpenVPN Connect app – you need this on your iOS device.A Dynamic DNS service – through NETGEAR, or.NETGEAR Nighthawk X8 (R8500) – my review is here. But you need the following items to be able to do it: The setup doesn’t take much time whatsoever. This is quite an important update as it allows you to encrypt the traffic on your smartphone when you are out and about. Well, NETGEAR released a firmware update for the R8500/Nighthawk X8 (version 1.0.2.54 – release notes) to enable OpenVPN connections with iOS and Android smartphones! The only thing missing from this puzzle was the smartphone connection. This enables you to not only remotely access your home network in a secure manner, but it also encrypts your traffic when you are using a potentially insecure public network. One of the great features that it has is the ability to run OpenVPN on Mac’s and PC’s. I have been using the NETGEAR R8500 WiFi router as my primary WiFi router at home.
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