Asus Router OpenVPN Server cannot Access LAN
I am trying to set up an OpenVPN server on my Asus router so that I can access devices on my LAN when I am on the road, but I am unable to get it working properly. I am able to access my router's web UI at 192.168.1.1, but when I try to access anything else, I cannot do so.
Here are the settings that I have made on my router, but it still not working even though I have enabled the "Push LAN to clients" setting. I have tried turning the OpenVPN server off and back on to make sure that the setting apply, but even so, I am having no luck.
networking router vpn openvpn
asked Jan 23 '17 at 13:09
DavidBDavidB
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I am trying to set up an OpenVPN server on my Asus router so that I can access devices on my LAN when I am on the road, but I am unable to get it working properly. I am able to access my router's web UI at 192.168.1.1, but when I try to access anything else, I cannot do so.
Here are the settings that I have made on my router, but it still not working even though I have enabled the "Push LAN to clients" setting. I have tried turning the OpenVPN server off and back on to make sure that the setting apply, but even so, I am having no luck.
networking router vpn openvpn
asked Jan 23 '17 at 13:09
DavidBDavidB
2,425185282
I think you've got this confused. This looks like it's setting up your router to connect to a OpenVPN server, and give that access to your lan clients.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:21
@djsmiley2k My router supports that but that's not what I'm doing. I can already access my VPN outside of my network, but I cannot access devices on my network via the VPN. I'm connected to my VPN right now while typing this.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:29
Has the VPN added routes for you? It should add routes for the local subnets on the other side.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:31
@djsmiley2k I do not know. The only thing I do know is that I can access my router's web UI and nothing else.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:35
And what Ip are you getting for that VPN? I see there VPN Subnet / Netmask of 10.8.0.0 but you mentioned your (internal) netwerk is 192.168.1.xx. I'm not really familiar with OpenVPN but what happens if you set Interface type from TUN to TAP (you should get a normal internal network IP then).
– Rik
Jan 23 '17 at 13:37
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I am trying to set up an OpenVPN server on my Asus router so that I can access devices on my LAN when I am on the road, but I am unable to get it working properly. I am able to access my router's web UI at 192.168.1.1, but when I try to access anything else, I cannot do so.
Here are the settings that I have made on my router, but it still not working even though I have enabled the "Push LAN to clients" setting. I have tried turning the OpenVPN server off and back on to make sure that the setting apply, but even so, I am having no luck.
networking router vpn openvpn
asked Jan 23 '17 at 13:09
DavidBDavidB
2,425185282
I am trying to set up an OpenVPN server on my Asus router so that I can access devices on my LAN when I am on the road, but I am unable to get it working properly. I am able to access my router's web UI at 192.168.1.1, but when I try to access anything else, I cannot do so.
Here are the settings that I have made on my router, but it still not working even though I have enabled the "Push LAN to clients" setting. I have tried turning the OpenVPN server off and back on to make sure that the setting apply, but even so, I am having no luck.
networking router vpn openvpn
networking router vpn openvpn
asked Jan 23 '17 at 13:09
DavidBDavidB
2,425185282
asked Jan 23 '17 at 13:09
DavidBDavidB
2,425185282
asked Jan 23 '17 at 13:09
DavidBDavidB
2,425185282
asked Jan 23 '17 at 13:09
DavidBDavidB
2,425185282
asked Jan 23 '17 at 13:09
DavidBDavidB
2,425185282
2,425185282
I think you've got this confused. This looks like it's setting up your router to connect to a OpenVPN server, and give that access to your lan clients.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:21
@djsmiley2k My router supports that but that's not what I'm doing. I can already access my VPN outside of my network, but I cannot access devices on my network via the VPN. I'm connected to my VPN right now while typing this.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:29
Has the VPN added routes for you? It should add routes for the local subnets on the other side.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:31
@djsmiley2k I do not know. The only thing I do know is that I can access my router's web UI and nothing else.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:35
And what Ip are you getting for that VPN? I see there VPN Subnet / Netmask of 10.8.0.0 but you mentioned your (internal) netwerk is 192.168.1.xx. I'm not really familiar with OpenVPN but what happens if you set Interface type from TUN to TAP (you should get a normal internal network IP then).
– Rik
Jan 23 '17 at 13:37
|
show 3 more comments
I think you've got this confused. This looks like it's setting up your router to connect to a OpenVPN server, and give that access to your lan clients.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:21
@djsmiley2k My router supports that but that's not what I'm doing. I can already access my VPN outside of my network, but I cannot access devices on my network via the VPN. I'm connected to my VPN right now while typing this.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:29
Has the VPN added routes for you? It should add routes for the local subnets on the other side.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:31
@djsmiley2k I do not know. The only thing I do know is that I can access my router's web UI and nothing else.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:35
And what Ip are you getting for that VPN? I see there VPN Subnet / Netmask of 10.8.0.0 but you mentioned your (internal) netwerk is 192.168.1.xx. I'm not really familiar with OpenVPN but what happens if you set Interface type from TUN to TAP (you should get a normal internal network IP then).
– Rik
Jan 23 '17 at 13:37
I think you've got this confused. This looks like it's setting up your router to connect to a OpenVPN server, and give that access to your lan clients.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:21
I think you've got this confused. This looks like it's setting up your router to connect to a OpenVPN server, and give that access to your lan clients.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:21
@djsmiley2k My router supports that but that's not what I'm doing. I can already access my VPN outside of my network, but I cannot access devices on my network via the VPN. I'm connected to my VPN right now while typing this.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:29
@djsmiley2k My router supports that but that's not what I'm doing. I can already access my VPN outside of my network, but I cannot access devices on my network via the VPN. I'm connected to my VPN right now while typing this.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:29
Has the VPN added routes for you? It should add routes for the local subnets on the other side.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:31
Has the VPN added routes for you? It should add routes for the local subnets on the other side.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:31
@djsmiley2k I do not know. The only thing I do know is that I can access my router's web UI and nothing else.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:35
@djsmiley2k I do not know. The only thing I do know is that I can access my router's web UI and nothing else.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:35
And what Ip are you getting for that VPN? I see there VPN Subnet / Netmask of 10.8.0.0 but you mentioned your (internal) netwerk is 192.168.1.xx. I'm not really familiar with OpenVPN but what happens if you set Interface type from TUN to TAP (you should get a normal internal network IP then).
– Rik
Jan 23 '17 at 13:37
And what Ip are you getting for that VPN? I see there VPN Subnet / Netmask of 10.8.0.0 but you mentioned your (internal) netwerk is 192.168.1.xx. I'm not really familiar with OpenVPN but what happens if you set Interface type from TUN to TAP (you should get a normal internal network IP then).
– Rik
Jan 23 '17 at 13:37
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I am very late to this party, but I recently solved this issue with the same router. Using your current VPN settings, all you need to do to is enable static routes in the LAN advanced settings section, on the Route subtab.
After which, you should be able to access other devices on your LAN. Restarting the OpenVPN server may be required.
Another option available to you is to switch the OpenVPN server to TAP mode, which will place you directly in your LAN, rather than create a new subnet that is pushed to your LAN. I had been using the TAP configuration previously, however, I've switched to TUN since android devices do not support TAP without being rooted. One side effect I've noticed in making the switch from TAP to TUN is that host name lookups no longer work, however, this isn't a deal breaker by any means since the devices I wish to access have static IPs.
answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:35
jkurelekjkurelek
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Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten to follow up on this question, but my issue could not actually be solved solely from the information that I had provided. In addition to the router-hosted OpenVPN server, I have a server on my network that is running its own instance of OpenVPN. It turns out that the issue that I was having had to do with identical subnets being used for both OpenVPN instances. Changing the subnet that the router operates on resolved the problem.
– DavidB
Jan 18 '18 at 18:17
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I am very late to this party, but I recently solved this issue with the same router. Using your current VPN settings, all you need to do to is enable static routes in the LAN advanced settings section, on the Route subtab.
After which, you should be able to access other devices on your LAN. Restarting the OpenVPN server may be required.
Another option available to you is to switch the OpenVPN server to TAP mode, which will place you directly in your LAN, rather than create a new subnet that is pushed to your LAN. I had been using the TAP configuration previously, however, I've switched to TUN since android devices do not support TAP without being rooted. One side effect I've noticed in making the switch from TAP to TUN is that host name lookups no longer work, however, this isn't a deal breaker by any means since the devices I wish to access have static IPs.
answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:35
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Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten to follow up on this question, but my issue could not actually be solved solely from the information that I had provided. In addition to the router-hosted OpenVPN server, I have a server on my network that is running its own instance of OpenVPN. It turns out that the issue that I was having had to do with identical subnets being used for both OpenVPN instances. Changing the subnet that the router operates on resolved the problem.
– DavidB
Jan 18 '18 at 18:17
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I am very late to this party, but I recently solved this issue with the same router. Using your current VPN settings, all you need to do to is enable static routes in the LAN advanced settings section, on the Route subtab.
After which, you should be able to access other devices on your LAN. Restarting the OpenVPN server may be required.
Another option available to you is to switch the OpenVPN server to TAP mode, which will place you directly in your LAN, rather than create a new subnet that is pushed to your LAN. I had been using the TAP configuration previously, however, I've switched to TUN since android devices do not support TAP without being rooted. One side effect I've noticed in making the switch from TAP to TUN is that host name lookups no longer work, however, this isn't a deal breaker by any means since the devices I wish to access have static IPs.
answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:35
jkurelekjkurelek
514
1
Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten to follow up on this question, but my issue could not actually be solved solely from the information that I had provided. In addition to the router-hosted OpenVPN server, I have a server on my network that is running its own instance of OpenVPN. It turns out that the issue that I was having had to do with identical subnets being used for both OpenVPN instances. Changing the subnet that the router operates on resolved the problem.
– DavidB
Jan 18 '18 at 18:17
add a comment |
I am very late to this party, but I recently solved this issue with the same router. Using your current VPN settings, all you need to do to is enable static routes in the LAN advanced settings section, on the Route subtab.
After which, you should be able to access other devices on your LAN. Restarting the OpenVPN server may be required.
Another option available to you is to switch the OpenVPN server to TAP mode, which will place you directly in your LAN, rather than create a new subnet that is pushed to your LAN. I had been using the TAP configuration previously, however, I've switched to TUN since android devices do not support TAP without being rooted. One side effect I've noticed in making the switch from TAP to TUN is that host name lookups no longer work, however, this isn't a deal breaker by any means since the devices I wish to access have static IPs.
answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:35
jkurelekjkurelek
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I am very late to this party, but I recently solved this issue with the same router. Using your current VPN settings, all you need to do to is enable static routes in the LAN advanced settings section, on the Route subtab.
After which, you should be able to access other devices on your LAN. Restarting the OpenVPN server may be required.
Another option available to you is to switch the OpenVPN server to TAP mode, which will place you directly in your LAN, rather than create a new subnet that is pushed to your LAN. I had been using the TAP configuration previously, however, I've switched to TUN since android devices do not support TAP without being rooted. One side effect I've noticed in making the switch from TAP to TUN is that host name lookups no longer work, however, this isn't a deal breaker by any means since the devices I wish to access have static IPs.
answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:35
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answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:35
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answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:35
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answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:35
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Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten to follow up on this question, but my issue could not actually be solved solely from the information that I had provided. In addition to the router-hosted OpenVPN server, I have a server on my network that is running its own instance of OpenVPN. It turns out that the issue that I was having had to do with identical subnets being used for both OpenVPN instances. Changing the subnet that the router operates on resolved the problem.
– DavidB
Jan 18 '18 at 18:17
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Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten to follow up on this question, but my issue could not actually be solved solely from the information that I had provided. In addition to the router-hosted OpenVPN server, I have a server on my network that is running its own instance of OpenVPN. It turns out that the issue that I was having had to do with identical subnets being used for both OpenVPN instances. Changing the subnet that the router operates on resolved the problem.
– DavidB
Jan 18 '18 at 18:17
1
1
Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten to follow up on this question, but my issue could not actually be solved solely from the information that I had provided. In addition to the router-hosted OpenVPN server, I have a server on my network that is running its own instance of OpenVPN. It turns out that the issue that I was having had to do with identical subnets being used for both OpenVPN instances. Changing the subnet that the router operates on resolved the problem.
– DavidB
Jan 18 '18 at 18:17
Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten to follow up on this question, but my issue could not actually be solved solely from the information that I had provided. In addition to the router-hosted OpenVPN server, I have a server on my network that is running its own instance of OpenVPN. It turns out that the issue that I was having had to do with identical subnets being used for both OpenVPN instances. Changing the subnet that the router operates on resolved the problem.
– DavidB
Jan 18 '18 at 18:17
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I think you've got this confused. This looks like it's setting up your router to connect to a OpenVPN server, and give that access to your lan clients.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:21
@djsmiley2k My router supports that but that's not what I'm doing. I can already access my VPN outside of my network, but I cannot access devices on my network via the VPN. I'm connected to my VPN right now while typing this.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:29
Has the VPN added routes for you? It should add routes for the local subnets on the other side.
– djsmiley2k
Jan 23 '17 at 13:31
@djsmiley2k I do not know. The only thing I do know is that I can access my router's web UI and nothing else.
– DavidB
Jan 23 '17 at 13:35
And what Ip are you getting for that VPN? I see there VPN Subnet / Netmask of 10.8.0.0 but you mentioned your (internal) netwerk is 192.168.1.xx. I'm not really familiar with OpenVPN but what happens if you set Interface type from TUN to TAP (you should get a normal internal network IP then).
– Rik
Jan 23 '17 at 13:37