Unless you’re a business and can get a static IP from your ISP, you’ll need to set one up with a third-party.Hopefully these instructions should make your setup easy and headache-free: Additionally, the default VPN configuration files for macOS from the router do not work correctly.īefore we get started, please note that I’m using a Nighthawk AC1750 router, which shouldn’t matter because the steps are similar with other VPN enabled NETGEAR routers. I tried using Tunnelblick per their recommendation and it wouldn’t work. I’ll post another tutorial in the future on using a VPN for remote access and screen sharing to a Mac.Īfter a bit of research last weekend, it was apparent NETGEAR has not updated their documentation for setting up a VPN on macOS with their routers. If you’re curious what a VPN is and why you may need it, this article should answer that. I imagine if you stumble across this you already know what a VPN is, so I’m not going to bother going into it here.
