VPN Server

[MattHoff]

Bought my first Asus router (RT-AC3200) and was looking to set up a VPN connection so I can:

1) VPN into my home network and use my phone or tablet remotely as if I was on my home network (using my home ISP)
2) File share with computers on my home network while using a computer outside of my network
3) Remote in to actual PC on my home network

Please advise if these 3 things are possible using the Asus router with Merlin firmware, and how I go about setting it up.

Thanks in advance for helping this newbie out!

 

[Steffe]

The easiest solution is to use PPTP, but that is less secure than OpenVPN... However, it works on every device without advanced configuration and I know how to configure that

1) Configure it in the setting as you like - https://www.asus.com/support/faq/114892
2) If you want localfile share, set the Clients ip's adresse to the same IP's as the local LAN ips and enable Broadcast support.
3) Configure users
4) Remote access. Teamviewer is very nice, otherwise you could connect through VPN and use windows remote desktop.

 

[MattHoff]

Thanks, ill give that a try!

 

[calzor suzay]

What phone do you have/ any macs? Apple are/have dropped support for PPTP
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206844