Support for Network discovery & Network Names

xytsrm

I have a Linksys router (VRS4000) that supports VPN. I'm currently using the Linksys provided client "QuickVPN" to establish a tunnel to my local network. Unfortunately, being a basic VPN client, QuickVPN does not support network-discovery or network-names. Is OpenVPN compatible with the VRS4000 VPN server, and does it support network discovery and network-names?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

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xytsrm

Thanks for the Reply. The Linksys website does not provide many details about QuickVPN other then to say it does not support network-names.
Access to my network through QuickVPN is limited to using an App that can access my security cameras via local IP. Normal network shares do not function with QuickVPN. The only way I can access the PC's on the local net is to install UltraVNC server/client software on each PC and separately login to view each desktop using the client on the remote PC.

The information you've provided has given me away forward and what to look for in setting-up OpenVPN.

My networking knowledge is limited thanks again for the help. 😃

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xytsrm

Excuse me for my ignorance, but if I have a VPN connection to my local network (given your example IP "\\192.168.1.11\Shared"); would I enter it in the address field of the File-Explorer? Also "Shared" is that a switch to display all shared resources on the IP, or should I enter the name of a specific shared folder on the target IP, in place of the word "Shared"?

It seems to me that I tried that without success, but perhaps I didn't use the "\\"; I'll try it again.

Again, thanks for your input.

xytsrm

Ran an experiment.

Created a shortcut to a share while on my local network. Then copied the shortcut and edited the properties, removing the name and substituting the actual fixed IP address "\\192.168.1.10\documents". Both shortcuts (named and IP) worked while on the local network. Proceeded to a public WiFi location, connected to the local network via QuickVPN, and tried the IP shortcut. After a delay a Window popped up saying "Windows can not access \\192.168.1.10\documents". The window provided a diagnostic check which returned the following: "file and print sharing is online, but not responding to connection attempts".

I do remember trying this before with the same negative results.

Do you have any other suggestions?

xytsrm

The IP address I posted (192.168.1.10) is only an example; it's not my actual local IP address. The actual local IP address is not in conflict with the public IP address. Sorry for the confusion; is there any thing else you can think of that might be causing the problem I posted.

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xytsrm

debbie10t wroteIt is still possible to access windows network shares over any VPN by using the IP address of your host: eg. \\192.168.1.11\Shared

Well clearly this did not work for my VPN connection. As I have not seen any further suggestions I will assume you have nothing further to add on this matter. I thank you for your past useful information and will explore OpenVPN.

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