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RBR50 VPN Setup with OpenVPN Client on Mac
I am trying to set up a VPN server on my RBR50. After I enable the VPN server on the router (using the default settings), I clicked on the 'For Mac OSX' download button, which did create a folder...
Another bit of info: I used that same .ovpn file on the OpenVPN app on my iPhone, and it appears to have connected fine.
What is weird is "how do I test it to see if iPhone apps can get to devices on my home network"?
The apps on my iPhone already get to my home devices - going directly to my RBR50 without a VPN. Should I disable the appropriate external ports on the RBR50 so that those apps cannot get there directly (or even do a more "global" closure of ports on the RBR50)? Once that is determined (and assuming I have OpenVPN connected to my RBR50) do I direct the iPhone apps to go to the home network IP address of the appropriate device?
I know that this sounds like a goofy request, because (years ago) I would use a corporate VPN to get into company servers - but I never paid attention to the configuration of those laptop apps to know how they got to the appropriate server..
What is weird is "how do I test it to see if iPhone apps can get to devices on my home network"?
If you have an FTP server running on your home network, you could install the free FTPManager app, and see if that can reach the server. You'd need to temporarily remove any forwarded ports for that server in the router before doing this test. And of course disable wifi on the phone.
You could also install a free Ping utility, and see if you can ping devices on your home network when the VPN is enabled (with WiFi turned off).
Once that is determined (and assuming I have OpenVPN connected to my RBR50) do I direct the iPhone apps to go to the home network IP address of the appropriate device?
This might depend on the app. In most cases, you change the setup to connect to the local IP address (or hostname) instead of the DDNS name.