VPN troubles (SOLVED)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:21 pm
Hello. Can someone please help me with the configuration of a SoftEther VPN link.
I would like to set up a VPN connection between my home network and the network at our offices. I am using SoftEther VPN client manager (ver 4.22 build 9634) on a Windows10 PC to connect to a NAS at our offices that is running the VPN server software.
Initially, I was successful in establishing a working VPN connection between my home network (with a DHCP IP address range 10.0.0.xx) and our office (with IP address range 192.168.178.xx). Network discovery was a bit slow, but shared (Samba) folders were visible with File Explorer/Network.
Other users were also able to access these shared folders, but they were complaining that they had problems with sending mail. It turned out that their local network used the same IP adress range as the address range at out offices. They also used a different internet provider (my internet provider is the same as the provider at our offices). I suspected that their mail was sent via the VPN link, using the internet provider at our offices, because when they disconnected the VPN link they had no trouble sending mail. I suspect that two modem/routers with the same IP address 192.168.178.1, and both of them DHCP servers is also a problem.
In trying to solve this, I changed the DHCP IP address range at our offices to 192.168.5.xx.
But now the shared folders at our offices are not visible anymore in File Explorer in my home network, and I cannot access these folders. The NAS at the office responds to 'pinging' so I assume that the VPN link is OK.
Further, the status of my network adapter changes from 'Network' (status IPv4 connectivity=Internet) to 'Unidentified network' (status = no Internet access) as soon as the VPN link is connected.
I would appreciate your help here: what am I missing? What do I have to do to allow home users access to shared folders on the NAS at our offices, but without the mail problems? Is it possible to only make the shared folders on the NAS 'visible' to home users, and at the same time 'shield off' the rest of the office network (especially the modem/router)?
Thanks in advance. Please excuse my English, I am not a native speaker.
cabwav
EDIT: apparently it took some time for the folders of the office NAS to show up in File Explorer/Network, but I can see (and access) them now. But I still suspect that my mail is sent using the modem/router and internet provider located at the office. If that is correct, how can I prevent that?
I would like to set up a VPN connection between my home network and the network at our offices. I am using SoftEther VPN client manager (ver 4.22 build 9634) on a Windows10 PC to connect to a NAS at our offices that is running the VPN server software.
Initially, I was successful in establishing a working VPN connection between my home network (with a DHCP IP address range 10.0.0.xx) and our office (with IP address range 192.168.178.xx). Network discovery was a bit slow, but shared (Samba) folders were visible with File Explorer/Network.
Other users were also able to access these shared folders, but they were complaining that they had problems with sending mail. It turned out that their local network used the same IP adress range as the address range at out offices. They also used a different internet provider (my internet provider is the same as the provider at our offices). I suspected that their mail was sent via the VPN link, using the internet provider at our offices, because when they disconnected the VPN link they had no trouble sending mail. I suspect that two modem/routers with the same IP address 192.168.178.1, and both of them DHCP servers is also a problem.
In trying to solve this, I changed the DHCP IP address range at our offices to 192.168.5.xx.
But now the shared folders at our offices are not visible anymore in File Explorer in my home network, and I cannot access these folders. The NAS at the office responds to 'pinging' so I assume that the VPN link is OK.
Further, the status of my network adapter changes from 'Network' (status IPv4 connectivity=Internet) to 'Unidentified network' (status = no Internet access) as soon as the VPN link is connected.
I would appreciate your help here: what am I missing? What do I have to do to allow home users access to shared folders on the NAS at our offices, but without the mail problems? Is it possible to only make the shared folders on the NAS 'visible' to home users, and at the same time 'shield off' the rest of the office network (especially the modem/router)?
Thanks in advance. Please excuse my English, I am not a native speaker.
cabwav
EDIT: apparently it took some time for the folders of the office NAS to show up in File Explorer/Network, but I can see (and access) them now. But I still suspect that my mail is sent using the modem/router and internet provider located at the office. If that is correct, how can I prevent that?