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Orbi RBS850 VPN Client Devices Cannot Access LAN
I'm struggling to setup my VPN such that I can access the devices on my LAN. I'm using OpenVPN and No-IP for my dynamic DNS. I have downloaded the OpenVPN configuration to my phone with the sett...
You are right - it is 254.XXX not 245.XXX - I made a typo there.
Any thoughts on how to proceed?
This is where I am stumped. All of my Internet of Things (IoT) devices (cameras, smart plugs, etc.) function by the device itself opening a connection to the vendor 'cloud'. When my smartphone or tablet app tries to access one of them, the app opens a connection to the cloud and says, "connect me to <whatever>". The cloud knows from my login credentials which devices belong to me, finds the connection in a database, and hooks me up. Doesn't seem to matter if I am connected directly to the LAN or am "away somewhere".
It has been established that the smartphone can connect to a camera on the LAN by using the camera IP address. That means the router knows how to transfer packets from devices on the LAN to/from devices connected over VPN. My sense is that anything based on a broadcast is doomed to fail. (such as "any cameras out there?.... anybody?)
That it worked before and no longer works, is a puzzle.
I'm certain that the connection can be made without access to the internet for my devices (just the LAN) - at least when I am on wifi. What I can't figure out is how to get my VPN devices to actually appear on the network.
For my mac, I previously used Tunnelblick but I can't seem to get that to work anymore. Now with my M2 mac I am running the same Open VPN configuration as my phone. Again I am able to connect to the network but as I mentioned I can't see the other devices on the network as I could previously.
OK - so I was poking around in all the settings to look for anything that might help.
I stumbled into the IPv6 tab and saw this was disabled. With a little bit of googling it looked like this probably shouldn't be the case so I set it to Auto Config. Seemed like it could be relevant given that it is a communication protocol and has to do with how devices are addressed.
I'm not sure if this is the cause or if I just rebooted my router and devices enough times, but it now appears to be working as expected. My network devices are accessible now from both my Mac and iPhone when on VPN or directly on the LAN via wifi.
CrimpOn - any thoughts?
No idea. IPv6 is enabled on my Orbi. Search for OpenVPN and IPv6 turns up lots of articles that center on the OpenVPN server configuration. That is a "closed book" on Netgear sytesms (like almost everything).
Glad you have been able to get past this.