OVPN Server and no remote access to local network (except to router GUI)

[Chuckles67]

I've just realized all the devices that I've been had trouble connecting are behind a LAN switch - and I think something is wrong due to that switch or cabling. Unfortunately no-one is home to help diagnose.

There are some other devices connected to the router that are pingable - I had failed to try pinging any of them, and had become too focussed on the devices that didn't connect.

So sorry for wasting your time on this one - thank you for being helpful.

I want to rename thread title as [ignore] but you've shared great insight here. Thanks.

 

[Chuckles67]

Update: the switch had no power - hence the devices I was trying to access remotely were disconnected from the network.

Apologies for the time waste. If I had checked the network connections earlier I would not have posted this.