VPN

Dxbjbox

April 21, 2019 21:10

Can you use the VPN server to access your home’s internal network? I would like to access files on my NAS server and remote desktop computers via port 3389.

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Firewalla

April 21, 2019 22:40
You sure can. You just need to connect over VPN, and access the NAS/Remote desktop just as if you are at home. Everything will be encrypted
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Dxbjbox

April 22, 2019 04:33
This is good to know. I connected with the OpenVPN client on my iPad. I can surf the internet but cannot access anything locally. I’m trying the MS RDesktop client and that does not work and cannot connect to my NAS system. I did noticed the VPN IP address is not the same as my local network. Any suggestions?
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Firewalla

April 22, 2019 04:44
Can you connect via an IP address? The VPN IP address is connected to your local network, so anything on your network is visible to you.
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Dxbjbox

April 22, 2019 05:02
That worked. Is there a way to configure the VPN connection to use my local DNS servers?
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Dxbjbox

April 22, 2019 05:32
If I use the fully qualified DNS name of the NAS box i’m able to connect.
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Firewalla

April 22, 2019 17:42
Is your DNS something xxx.local? If it is part of MDNS, it may not work, since firewalla VPN server is on a different network segment. If it is part of the DNS system, one way is to add this line to your .ovpn file (advanced work)
```
dhcp-option DNS 192.x.x.x  
```
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