Bridge mode with iOS

[stephenchu]

Just got my Tomato firmware OpenVPN server with router mode and tun set up, and I was able to connect to it via my iOS OpenVPN client as well as my laptop Tunnelblik client.

Then I realized I actually want bridge mode, so that my clients can see services within my LAN, like Apple afp folders, DLNA server, music server, etc. Router mode only gets me into the WAN vlan but not the LAN vlan.

Once I changed my OpenVPN server into tap, my iOS OpenVPN client says iOS cannot connect to it via tap tunnel.

Does that mean, by definition, my iOS client cannot be a member of my tap bridge vpn? Is there any known other way to get my iOS client to join the vpn so it can see other LAN published services?

TIA...

[Traffic]

Does that mean, by definition, my iOS client cannot be a member of my tap bridge vpn?

Officially, that is the problem .. iOS does not support TAP mode and so services on your LAN may not be accessible over a tunnel.

[stephenchu]

Just to hammer it home, if I change my OpenVPN server back to tun, is there any way to get my mobile iOS client (be it the official OpenVPN client app or something else) to join the VPN and get in from WAN to LAN?

There seems to be something I don't understand, because as I understand it, no mobile client (iOS/Android) can see any of my internal LAN server services, which I think is very limiting, unless I only want to encrypt my traffic while using a Starbuck's free wifi.

TIA.