JTolAZ
Hi, I hope this question isn't too basic.
I purchased a tp-link Archer A7 router with the understanding that I could connect the router to my cable modem in a house and install OpenVPN. I thought that I can then run the OpenVPN software on an android phone (or PC) when I was out of the country and still appear as if I'm in the house where the router is to access the internet. The main purpose of this is for things like online shopping while traveling as some US company websites automatically change to the language of where they think you are.
I set up the router, connected it to my modem, did the static IP deal and exported certificates. After I did that, I could connect to the router (and internet) via my cell phone and the OpenVPN software.
Once I left my house, though, that connection wouldn't work on cell data or Wi-Fi that wasn't already connected to the network.
My questions are:
1. Does OpenVPN actually do what I detailed in the second paragraph, or do I misunderstand exactly what it does?
2. Can someone help me out by telling me, with the correct technical terms, what exactly I'm trying to do? In other words, how I can google a solution to this?
Thanks for your time.
