Accessing Home Printer via OpenVPN

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80sTiger

• March 11, 2021 21:51

OpenVPN working great. Can even see file shares on home sever via SMB. But my WiFi attached HP multifunction printer refuses to be recognized over the VPN. I have even tried setting it up manually (TCP/IP, "192.168.0.108:3911") - still nothing. I can ping it reliably though. Any ideas ? Thx. 

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  Firewalla

  • March 12, 2021 17:51

  You mean after you setup the printer pointing to the raw 192.168.0.108 address, the printer still refuses the print?  

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  80sTiger

  • March 13, 2021 20:08

  Yes. I can print out manually a test page from the printer and it shows the printer @ 192.168.0.108:3911. When I try any way to add the printer to my W10 laptop while connected via OpenVPN, it never "sees" the printer, although it can ping it. I have tried manually adding a printer in W10 with RAW and this IP+Port, but still doesn't see it. 

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  Firewalla

  • March 13, 2021 22:24

  If you are on the local network, can you print using the printer?  Meaning using the IP address instead?

   

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  James Willhoite

  • March 25, 2021 15:55

  What is the subnet of the network you are on when you connect to the OpenVPN server? For instance, if you are somewhere that has a subnet of 192.168.0.0/24 and your home network is the same subnet, then it will not work. It will be trying to access the network you are connected to, and not you home.

   

  For example, my work subnet is 192.168.1.0/24 and my home was also the same subnet, I had to change me home network to 192.168.2.0/24.

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