vpn connecting to lan

B-Man

I have my vpn ip as 192.168.1.x
my local lan as as 192.168.0.x

i use push "route 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0" to join my vpn to the lan.

i can remote desktop into my lan pc over vpn but i can't ping or access shared media through either the laptop or android phone as clients. when on wifi i have no trouble accessing the data

my client config shows this

client 
dev tun 
proto tcp 
remote **REMOVED***
nobind 
persist-key 
persist-tun 
verb 4 
float 
ca ca.crt 
cert Client1.crt 
key Client1.key 
comp-lzo yes 
tun-mtu 1500 
auth SHA256 
cipher AES-128-CBC

how do i set it up so i am able to access my windows shared files and ping my network.

I also try to use my WOL app on my android phone that can turn a pc on when on wifi but over vpn it doesn't work

Could i set my vpn to the same subnet and limit the options it has? ie 192.168.0.(5-9) ? if it would solve these issues?

TinCanTech

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.
For example: 192.168.143.0/24

B-Man

have switched them over to 100 and 101, still having the same issue though

TinCanTech

If you mean windows .. then:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/WindowsBrowsing

Otherwise, Please see:
HOWTO: Request Help ! {2}

B-Man

yes it would be nice to connect to my windows shared files

Using local DNS - don't really understand
Using public DNS - is this using the "yourname.no-ip.info" free DNS that i use to vpn into?
Using WINS - don't really understand
Using tap - cant as android doesn't support it

is there an expanded view of these options? a search of the wiki didnt seem to brin anything up

i have solved the WOL by being able to send an ssh command to my pi over vpn that send the magic packet to turn the pc on

TinCanTech

B-Man wrote yes it would be nice to connect to my windows shared files

Using local DNS - don't really understand
Using public DNS - is this using the "yourname.no-ip.info" free DNS that i use to vpn into?
Using WINS - don't really understand
Using tap - cant as android doesn't support it

Using public DNS .. I have never bothered and cannot help.

As you do not want to use the other options then you are left with command line:

C:\> net use x: \\windows.host.ip.address\sharename

B-Man

id happily use one of the other options if i understood it in more detail.

B-Man

found this that does the job seems to work letting my android access my window shares

https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?t=21887
Re: How to access windows shares via OpenVPN
Post by CraftyClown » Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:43 pm

Ok, scratch that, worked it out via Windows Firewall.

To help anyone else who is as clueless as I and comes across this thread then the solution was to do the following.

1. Control panel
2. Windows Firewall
3. Advanced settings
4. Inbound rules
5. File and Printer sharing (SMB in)
6. Scope
7. Remote IP address (add)
8. Add subnet to the top box (which was in my case: 10.8.0.0/24)