Hi, this is my first post here, sorry if it's in the wrong location. I am new to VPNs, but I figured I'd give it a try. I have a Debian computer at home running some servers (network [b]A[/b]), like a NAS by Samba and Apache for a website. What I'd like to do is access these applications from outside my home without having to open ports. I thought OpenVPN might be the way to go, so I followed this ([url]https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-debian-8[/url]) tutorial and set up a VPN-server. I can successfully connect to this VPN from my parents' house (network [b]B[/b]), so that's good. But how do I now connect to devices at my own home? Say, I want to access the website, which is accessible at 192.168.1.2:80 from network A. If I go to this address at my parents' house [i]with the VPN connected[/i], I end up at the computer of my parents, which address is also 192.168.1.2 but at network B. How to overcome this issue? Thanks in advance.

[quote="Hitman1O1"]I want to access the website, which is accessible at 192.168.1.2:80 from network A. If I go to this address at my parents' house with the VPN connected, I end up at the computer of my parents, which address is also 192.168.1.2 but at network B[/quote]NOTE:[list]your local LAN uses the extremely common subnet address 192.168.0.x or [b]192.168.1.x[/b]. Be aware that this might create [b]routing conflicts[/b] if you connect to the VPN server from public locations such as internet cafes that use the same subnet.[/list] :arrow: [u]Never[/u] use 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.1.0/24 (or other common subnets) for your OpenVPN Server LAN :!: [list]You are advised to change your server LAN to a more unique [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network]RFC1918[/url] compliant subnet. f.e 192.168.143.0/24[/list]

Hi, it has a been a while but I'm working on this again. I tried connected from my university, which uses a different subnet than my own home network. (I can see from [i]ipconfig[/i].) However, I still cannot ping to devices I know are running in own local network. Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Connect to Devices via VPN

Hitman1O1

Hi, this is my first post here, sorry if it's in the wrong location.

I am new to VPNs, but I figured I'd give it a try. I have a Debian computer at home running some servers (network A), like a NAS by Samba and Apache for a website.
What I'd like to do is access these applications from outside my home without having to open ports. I thought OpenVPN might be the way to go, so I followed this (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-debian-8) tutorial and set up a VPN-server. I can successfully connect to this VPN from my parents' house (network B), so that's good. But how do I now connect to devices at my own home?

Say, I want to access the website, which is accessible at 192.168.1.2:80 from network A. If I go to this address at my parents' house with the VPN connected, I end up at the computer of my parents, which address is also 192.168.1.2 but at network B.

How to overcome this issue?
Thanks in advance.

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Hitman1O1 wroteI want to access the website, which is accessible at 192.168.1.2:80 from network A. If I go to this address at my parents' house with the VPN connected, I end up at the computer of my parents, which address is also 192.168.1.2 but at network B

NOTE:

your local LAN uses the extremely common subnet address 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x. Be aware that this might create routing conflicts if you connect to the VPN server from public locations such as internet cafes that use the same subnet.

:arrow: Never use 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.1.0/24 (or other common subnets) for your OpenVPN Server LAN :!:

You are advised to change your server LAN to a more unique RFC1918 compliant subnet. f.e 192.168.143.0/24

Hitman1O1

Hi, it has a been a while but I'm working on this again.

I tried connected from my university, which uses a different subnet than my own home network. (I can see from ipconfig.)
However, I still cannot ping to devices I know are running in own local network.

Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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Hitman1O1 wroteit has a been a while but I'm working on this again

It has been almost a month 😛

Did you read the Forum rules (top of this page) ?

Hitman1O1 wroteI still cannot ping to devices I know are running in own local network

Did you read the HOWTO:
HOWTO: Expanding the scope of the VPN to include additional machines