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Don't see network computers on pptp VPN and OpenVPN

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 7:01 AM

Hi I managed to connect on pptp and OpenVPN to access the home network remotely but when I go to explorer and try to locate the network computers,  I don't see them and I would like to see what can be done to fix it.

thanks

Anthony

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Thursday, March 21, 2019 5:38 AM

Hi,

    • could you access these computers via \IP or \hostname?
    • turn on network discovery.

  • enable services Function Discovery Provider Host and Function Discovery Resource Publication.

Best regards,

Travis

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Friday, March 22, 2019 1:16 AM

Thanks Trevor I did already for what you told me but still don't work,   any other solutions please?

Thanks

Monday, March 25, 2019 7:17 AM

Hi,

could you ping these computers from VPN client via IP addresses or hostnames?

Or could you access shared folders via \IP or \hostname?

Best regards,

Travis

 

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 11:53 PM

Hi Travis,

I cannot ping the computers on IP or hostnames. but I can access the share folders.

Thanks

Anthony

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 6:30 AM

Hi,

If you can't ping the computers, it is impossible to access the shared folders.

Did you enable the services on both sides?

Best regards,

Travis

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Thursday, March 28, 2019 12:08 AM

Hi Trevor,  what services on both sides you mentioned,  please advise and I will check.  Thanks

Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:39 AM

Hi,

services Function Discovery Provider Host and Function Discovery Resource Publication.

Specially** Function Discovery Resource Publication** on home network computers.

I am curious that how you can access the shared folders.

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Travis

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Thursday, March 28, 2019 10:47 AM

I checked I have Function Discovery Provider Host and Function Discovery Resource Publication both made automatic delayed start in all PCs in the home network and the one which remotely accesses the home network via OpenVPN and PPTP.

The shared folders I referred to actually were in the HDD which is attached to the wifi router at home and I had made network drives in my remote laptop.

Thanks

Friday, March 29, 2019 7:37 AM

Hi,

I would suggest you add a static route to the routing table on VPN client.

Please refer to the link below:

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2119082-cannot-see-other-computers-in-vpn

Best regards,

Travis 

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Saturday, March 30, 2019 3:47 AM

Hi Trevor,  thanks for this but I still don't know how to assign a fixed IP to VPN connected device,  can you please teach me how to check device IP which is connected via OpenVPN to Asus AC87U router,  thanks.

Monday, April 1, 2019 7:59 AM

Hi,

Sorry, I have no experience configuration OpenvPN on Asus AC87U router.

However, you can check the route table on Asus router to check if there is a static route to the home network.

Meanwhile, there are tow options "routing" and "bridging", but I am not familiar with OpenVPN.

Please refer to the link below:

https://superuser.com/questions/537668/why-cant-my-openvpn-client-access-machines-on-same-lan-as-openvpn-server

Best regards,

Travis

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