Need Some Assistance Setting up a VPN

[Mark Phillips]

Bob,

I am running the latest software on my tablet, so probably the same as you.

I think I have to set up the openvpn on my router. What is the native vpn
on the tablet, and how do I setup openvpn pin my router?

Mark
On Jul 15, 2013 3:02 PM, "Bob Elzer" <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> What version of android is your tablet running ? I have the tf700t and its
> running 4.2.1
>
> You shouldn't have to run any special vpn software, if you go to settings
> and more, you can select vpn and set it up from there.
> On Jul 15, 2013 12:33 PM, "Mark Phillips" <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
> wrote:
>
>> I have been itching to setup a VPN using my ASUS RT-N16 running DD-WRT
>> v24-sp2 (3/19/12) mega so I can access my local network while away from
>> home. I have been doing some reading about it, and I am a little confused.
>> What I want to do is access any server on the network from a remote
>> location using my Android tablet or Debian laptop. I could just open some
>> random ports and ssh into any of the boxes, but a VPN would be more
>> challenging to setup...;)
>>
>> I have not rooted my tablet (ASUS TF701), nor do I really want to. There
>> is a non rooted version of openvpn for Android.
>>
>> But then, I read this article (https://www.grc.com/vpn/routing.htm) and
>> came to the conclusion that I need a bridged vpn, so with more reading I
>> have to use tap and not tun. My first roadblock - the Android version of
>> openvpn does not support tap, just tun.
>>
>> First question - do I have to use bridging (hence tap) to be attached to
>> my network at home from a remote location with my Android tablet? Do I have
>> to use tap? What would you recommend for setting up my vpn?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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