How to enable ssh/web access from VPN

[Turgut Kalfaoglu]

Hi there. I have the VPN Client enabled and working on my RT-AC68U, and I can SSH to it from LAN..

I would like to be able to SSH to it from LAN *and* to its VPN IP address too.. So that when I'm away from home, I can still access the router when I enable my VPN..
How can I do that? Thanks!

 

[visortgw]

Hi there. I have the VPN Client enabled and working on my RT-AC68U, and I can SSH to it from LAN..

I would like to be able to SSH to it from LAN *and* to its VPN IP address too.. So that when I'm away from home, I can still access the router when I enable my VPN..
How can I do that? Thanks!

You need to enable OpenVPN server on router, and connect to the VPN using an OpenVPN client of your choice on your laptop/tablet/phone. Once connected, it functions as if you were on LAN so there is nothing further to enable in order to access router via ssh or web GUI.

 

[johndoe85]

Hi there. I have the VPN Client enabled and working on my RT-AC68U, and I can SSH to it from LAN..

I would like to be able to SSH to it from LAN *and* to its VPN IP address too.. So that when I'm away from home, I can still access the router when I enable my VPN..
How can I do that? Thanks!

Use DDNS and connect to that hostname.

Once connected to the VPN you can SSH to the router via the local IP.

 

[eibgrad]

I think the OP's problem here is that he's trying to access the router via SSH over the *WAN* while the OpenVPN client is connected. And normally that's NOT possible because any attempt to access *any* router services over the WAN while the router itself is bound to a local OpenVPN client will have its replies sent over the VPN rather than back over the WAN.

Enabling the OpenVPN server will NOT help, since it too is a service made available over the WAN. All the OpenVPN server will do is provide a more secure means to engage in remote access. But again, by itself, it doesn't address the OP's immediate problem.

What the OP needs to do is use the VPN Director w/ the OpenVPN client, even if that means routing the entire local IP network over the VPN (e.g., 192.168.1.0/24). By doing so, this removes the router itself from the VPN, making its various services (SSH, OpenVPN server, etc.) accessible again over the WAN.

 

[martinr]

Reading your post and the replies, I’m not fully sure what you want to do. However, I will tell you my setup and what it allows me to do.

I have OpenVPN Server on my router (and the OpenVPN client on my laptop and Apple devices). With an OpenVPN remote connection from an external network to my router, I can use an SSH client to SSH into my router.