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OK just want to get this out of the way - yes I'm a noob and need this resolved ASAP. If there's already a thread with this particular scenario please link me.
I've been trying to teach myself this stuff and getting overwhelmed. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I haven't found any examples that match my setup. I have an R7800 connected to a comcast modem/gateway combo in bridge mode. My Windows computer is the client plugged directly into the router acting as the server. I either haven't been able to get the client to connect to the server or it messes with my internet connection. I've been getting TLS handshake errors. When I do get it to connect I still see shit that bugs me like "recursive routing" - is that normal? And when testing my online visibility my public IP and Location are still exposed.
I'm trying to setup a tap VPN connection with bridged ethernet to download torrents. By the way if there's a better setup for that let me know, it just seems like tap/proto udp/bridged ethernet VPN is the way to go if you're directly plugged into the router. The Netgear instructions are for setting up the openvpn client and config files in Windows, but Voxel's instructions are the opposite - installing the openvpn client on the router instead.
Isn't the server included in his firmware? We just enable it in the WebGUI and set the ports, correct? Do I still need to set up a server config file on the router end? Another guide on this site is saying to create an alternate IP address for the server, like 10.8.0.0 - is this done in the config file or Netgear GUI, or both? What remote IP address do I use? - I set up a static IP and currently i'm using the LAN gateway for the server (i.e. remote 192.168.7.1 11294). Or Is it easier to setup the client on the router as per Voxel's instructions?
There's too many VPN setup guides with conflicting information for different scenarios which has made this a lot more difficult than I anticipated. Now I'm resorting to posting in a forum. So be gentle. I suppose you'll need a copy of my config and log files, which I can provide. Any help you can provide would be awesome.
Thanks,
