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XR500 OpenVPN Configuration
Hello, I recently bought a new XR500 (Nighthawk AC3200 died) and I'm trying to configure OpenVPN on it. I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to OpenVPN as I've had no need to configure this until n...
Solution:
I managed to get this finally working with VNC instead of RDP.
Setup:
- Screens installed on iOS device
- OpenVPN Server installed on Synology (I believe this should also work for my router's OpenVPN Server, untested)
- Manual configuration required to connect to LAN device using IP Address instead of host name defined my computer
- Success
Update to configuration:
I've re-enabled my OpenVPN Server on my Synology. This allows for a more configurable approach. I can successfully connect with my iPhone and iPad as well as ping all of my internal LAN devices. However, I still cannot RDP with them. All of my macs have Screen Sharing enabled and I have verified this by disconnecting VPN, connecting to my home network (wifi) and using RDP (successful).
There's no firewall on my macs or my Synology.
Synology OpenVPN virtual subnet: 10.8.0.0/255
LAN subnet: 192.168.1.0/255
Solution:
I managed to get this finally working with VNC instead of RDP.
Setup:
- Screens installed on iOS device
- OpenVPN Server installed on Synology (I believe this should also work for my router's OpenVPN Server, untested)
- Manual configuration required to connect to LAN device using IP Address instead of host name defined my computer
- Success
- Thanks for clarifying and apologies I wasn't clear on what you were trying to achieve. Really glad you managed to find a solution!
