Connect to office linksys openvpn router from home pc

binaryfinary

Hi all, apologies if this has been answered before but im not able to make much sense of the other forum threads. Appreciate if someone can help me out.

The current setup
I have setup a small office network with a fixed WAN IP using a Linksys WRT1900AC router (This router has open VPN server functionality built in)
Other devices connected to the office network is a Synology NAS
When connected directly to the office network's Linksys router, I am able to access the NAS

The problem
I am trying to access the office network remotely (ie from home) through the Linksys router which has built in openVPN functionality
I have installed the openVPN client on the remote (home) computer and put in config file generated by the Linksys router
I am able to successfully establish connection between the openvpn client on home computer with the office network via the Linksys router using openVPN

However, i am not able to see any of the office network resources for example the Synology NAS
Basically, the objective is for me to connect from a remote location to the office network with access to all the office's resources as though I was connected directly to the office LAN.

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I'm guessing its something to do with the config file of the openvpn client on the home computer? Hope someone can help me please. This is what the config file looks like:

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote 61.8.209.105 1194
tun-mtu 6000
# fragment 0 can be used to improve performance in some instances but
# breaks compatibility with some Android apps
# fragment 0
mssfix 0
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ns-cert-type server
auth-user-pass
verb 3

<ca>

Traffic

binaryfinary wroteI'm guessing its something to do with the config file of the openvpn client

Your guess would be wrong .. it is configured by the server.

See this HOWTO:
HOWTO: Expanding the scope of the VPN to include additional machines

binaryfinary

thanks, I will go take a read and try to work this. Thanks for your help!

pjagger

I have the same router and the same problem. The router IS the openvpn server but beyond enabling it and selecting the server name, client ip range, user names and passwords; there's no other server side configuration. There is a button to download the profile config file for the openvpn client and this all works fine. Once connected to the router via openvpn, there is no access to the Files on the LAN side of the router using typical UNC file conventions. I would expect that the router should automatically route the WAN client on the openvpn IP to the LAN side network (totally different networks).

I too would appreciate any help in resolving this matter, I am totally new to open VPN and my understanding of the router/client may not be accurate.

Traffic

pjagger wroteI have the same router and the same problem. The router IS the openvpn server but beyond enabling it and selecting the server name, client ip range, user names and passwords; there's no other server side configuration.

perhaps there is a "custom" field where you can add extra openvpn directives ?

trt

Maybe this thread is cold -
There is absolutely no configuration of the OPENVPN server config file via the web IU offered by Linksys. Only option I see is to pull copy the router configuration, edit the server config file and reload.
Any better approach?
Tom