VPNewb having trouble accessing NAS

davidicus

i've never set up a VPN before, but OpenVPN seems to connect fine, only i don't have access to my NAS back home. i should, right?

i had to leave town in a hurry to look after my mother, and now i can't seem to access my router config settings :/ (should that still be at 192.168.1.1?) but i really need to access my NAS if possible.

i'm running Windows 7 here, and must have the .ovpn file in the right place. ASUS RT-AC66U router seems to be set up correctly, since OpenVPN GUI reports connected, and the assigned IP is 10.8.0.6.

when connected, i have web access. i assume this is normal. but, where's my NAS? should my mapped locations be working? (the network paths are not found).

Traffic

davidicus wrotei can't seem to access my router config settings :/ (should that still be at 192.168.1.1?)

And what is the subnet of your client ?

davidicus

thanks for replying--but i think i nailed it!
i changed

dev tun

dev tap

in the .ovpn file
and (via my girlfriend back home) changed "Interface Type" to TAP on the router. whew!
it seems to be working. not sure i knew what i was doing, but all seems well.
this is what i get for leaving too quickly before testing.