How to set up an OpenVPN connection with TP-Link Wireless Dual Band 4G LTE Router (new logo)?

In the OpenVPN connection, the home network can act as a server, and the remote device can access the server through the router which acts as an OpenVPN Server gateway. To use the VPN feature, you should enable OpenVPN Server on your router, and install and run VPN client software on the remote device. Please follow the steps below to set up an OpenVPN connection.

 

 

Step1. Set up OpenVPN Server on Your Router

 

1. Please refer to How to log into the web-based management interface of TP-Link Wireless Dual Band 4G LTE Router? (new logo)

 

2. Go to Advanced > VPN Server > OpenVPN, and select Enable VPN Server.

 

Note: 

•Before you enable VPN Server, we recommend you configure Dynamic DNS Service (recommended) or assign a static IP address for router’s WAN port and synchronize your System Time with internet.

•The first time you configure the OpenVPN Server, you may need to Generate a certificate before you enable the VPN Server.

 

3. Select the Service Type (communication protocol) for OpenVPN Server: UDP, TCP.

 

4. Enter a VPN Service Port to which a VPN device connects, and the port number should be between 1024 and 65535.

 

5. In the VPN Subnet/Netmask fields, enter the range of IP addresses that can be leased to the device by the OpenVPN 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.

 

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.

 

Get to know more details of each function and configuration please go to Download Center to download the manual of your product.