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brid1965
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Tp link and vpn

i have a hub 2 set up in bridge mode with a tp link ax55 ...

connection is working as it should ....

i'm have trouble installing a vpn, plusnet provider with purevpn ....

the file uploads fine (wireguard) but i constantly get the address / invalid format error which prevents me completing the setup .....

any ideas guys ?

thx in advance dave

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Mustrum
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Re: Tp link and vpn

Have you looked at the TP Link site ? https://www.tp-link.com/uk/support/faq/3135/ 

 

Is your VPN compatable?

Anonymous
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Re: Tp link and vpn

What device is that 172.xx.xx.xx  address supposed to point to ?

 

It might be complaining because perhaps it is expecting a public IP address, whereas addresses starting with 172.x.x.x, 192.x.x.x, and 10.x.x.x,  are specifically reserved for internal private networks - and therefore flagged as invalid format ?

 

If you are setting up the tp-link router to be the VPN client for your home network, then I'd assume that you would enter your internet WAN's public IP address (that can be found with https://www.whatismyip.com/ ).

 

brid1965
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Re: Tp link and vpn

yes, setting up to be client for my home network , tried my public ip address with the same error coming back

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Re: Tp link and vpn

Not fettered by any relevant knowledge, I wonder if it’s expecting the Private Key to be a hexadecimal number rather than an alphanumeric password?

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Anonymous
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Re: Tp link and vpn

Perhaps it might accept your public IP address in URL format ? -  i.e. your Plusnet connection's 'domain name' which might look something like "brid1965.plus.net"

 

You should be able to get your 'domain name' by putting you WAN public IP address in to this - https://mxtoolbox.com/ReverseLookup.aspx 

brid1965
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Re: Tp link and vpn

well i've just off chat with purevpn and apparently wireguard is not supported by them ,,,,, but it gives you the option to down load it 🤣

go figure that one out Crazy2