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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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