User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Product Overview
- Router Setup
- Basic Router Settings
- Wireless Networking and Security
- Advanced Router Settings
- Change your router login password
- Manually configure your Internet connection
- IPv6 Settings
- Clone a MAC address
- Change your router IP address
- Set up the DHCP server on your router
- Set up DHCP reservation
- Enable/disable UPnP on your router
- Enable/disable Application Layer Gateways (ALG)
- Allow/deny multicast streaming
- Identify your network on the Internet
- Set your router date and time
- Create schedules
- Access Control (IP Protocol Filter)
- Inbound Filter
- Open a device on your network to the Internet
- Virtual Server
- Allow remote access to your router management page
- Using External USB Storage
- Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
- Router Maintenance & Monitoring
- Reset your router to factory defaults
- Router Default Settings
- Backup and restore your router configuration settings
- Reboot your router
- Upgrade your router firmware
- Allow/deny ping requests to your router from the Internet
- How to capture network packets
- Diagnostic Tools
- Ping Watchdog
- Auto Reboot
- Wireless Client List
- Check the router system information
- View your router log
- Router Management Page Structure
- Technical Specifications
- Appendix
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TRENDnet User’s Guide
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Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
Creating a Virtual Private Network
What is a VPN?
A VPN provides secure communications typically over the Internet by creating a secure
tunnel between two or more VPN routers (gateways) also known as a site-to-site VPN or
between a single client computer and a VPN router (gateway) also known as a client-
server VPN.
On your VPN router, only the following type of tunnel can be created:
Client-Server VPN – A single client computer or device with VPN client software
installed connects to a VPN router (gateway) allow the single client computer
or device to securely communicate to the LAN network of the VPN router over
the Internet.
Tunneling methods supported by your router:
SSL VPN – This type of VPN is most commonly used in Client-Server VPN applications.
Most modern operating systems may already include a built-in client software however,
your router uses an SSL VPN implementation developed by OpenVPN which will require
the installation of the OpenVPN client software supports operating systems such as
Windows® XP and later (32-bit/64-bit) and Linux. One major benefit to using the SSL
protocol for VPN is that most networks allow the SSL protocol to passthrough which
eliminates the requirement for special rules or configuration such as PPTP/L2TP/IPsec.
Important Note: For any tunneling or VPN method used, to avoid IP address conflict and
to ensure connectivity, it is required that each end (LAN IP network or single client) of the
VPN tunnel is configured with a different IP network or subnet.
A. Router Configuration
Advanced > Setup > VPN
1. Log into your router management page (see “Access your router management page”
on page 10).
2. Click on Advanced and click on Setup, then click on VPN.
3. Next to VPN, click Enable.
Note: You may receive a notification if Dynamic DNS is not configured on your router.
If you are using VPN, it is not required however, strongly recommended to setup the
Dynamic DNS feature on your router to prevent any issues with VPN connectivity if
your public (WAN) Internet IP address dynamically changes. Please reference page 37
“
Identify your Network on the Internet” for details on setting up the Dynamic DNS
feature.
The additional server settings are optional (not required) and can be configured if any
issues are encountered when attempting to establish VPN connectivity.