r/OpenVPN

I am wanting to connect 2 households as a single LAN Network using only native hardware and software. Both households do also have access to a Server computer if translation is required. Here is the network setup of both houses

My House:
ISP: Cox
Personal Modem, Personal ArcherAX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router (Subnet 192.168.5.1)
300Mb/s max Internet Speed
Server Specs: Intel Celeron J1900 4CPU Processor (it's hardwired into the mother board) with Intergrated graphics. 8GB of Ram. Connected Via Ethernet. However it is also being used as a NAS and a Minecraft Server (and possible other servers in the future, one at a time of course)

His House:
ISP: Brightspeed
ISP owns Modem and the CenturyLink Greenhouse C4000XG Router (Subnet 192.168.0.1) that has to be plugged in first, he also has a Personal ArcherBE3600 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router (Subnet 192.168.1.1) connected to the CenturyLink Router
100Mb/s max Internet Speed
Server Specs: Intel Pentium G202T 2CPU Processor with Intergrated graphics. 8GB of ram. Connected to the TP-Link router Via Ethernet. Isn't being used for anything as of now.

Both PCs are running Windows 10 Home, and I can chrome remote desktop into his Server, and mine is right next to my main PC with it's own moniter, mouse, and keyboard. Both DirectX version is DirectX 12.

I managed to actually get a one way OpenVPN connection to work, but it's only limited to routers. His TP-Link router is acting as the server and mine as the client, and he has a DDNS set up on his router (and it does work, i did a lot of port fowarding, and other stuff to the Centurylink router for it to work) and mine acts as the VPN Client. I am now able to connect to his routers and that is it. meaning i can change router settings without CRDing into his server computer. I have also confirmed that both sides do not have a CGNET.

I have tried doing a PPTP connection and it failed, and my router cannot do any other type of VPN, just PPTP and OpenVPN

How do I make it two way communication so we can access eachother's devices, especially devices connected to the Centurylink router. and are the Server Computers needed as middle men to allow this open communication. I do not want to download external software, this is a learning experience i want to go through.

Hi everyone,

I'm currently away from home and my OpenVPN connection to my Synology NAS suddenly stopped working. This isn't the first time this has happened. It seems like every few months, out of nowhere, the VPN completely breaks down and cuts me off from my home network.

Since I am remote, I do not have direct access to the DSM to export new config file.

On the client side (macOS, Android), I'm consistently getting the "peer certificate verification failure" error. What's interesting, I have never ever configured any certificates on my Synology.

I already found many different "solutions", but none of them has worked. I tried for example:
- adding client-cert-not-required
- adding tls-cert-profile insecure
- changing verify-x509-name line (or I should say adding, as there was not such line in my config)
- changing OpenVPN Connect security level in settings
- using Tunnelblick

Does anyone know what can I do to fix this without access to my network? And how to prevent it from happening every few months?

So like I just found out that Utah literally tried to ban VPNs and honestly this is wild fr. Apparently they passed this law that was supposed to go into effect on May 6th but then got delayed until September 3rd after Aylo (the parent company of Pornhub) basically said nah bro we cant enforce this. Here's why this affects me personally and why Im lowkey stressed about it. I live in Utah and I use a VPN literally every single day for work. My company has me accessing sensitive data remotely and I need the encryption to keep everything secure. But now with this law hanging over my head I'm genuinely worried about what happens in September when they try to enforce it again. Like what does this even mean for regular people like me who just want privacy? Am I gonna get in trouble for using a VPN? Is my ISP gonna snitch on me? The whole thing is confusing and honestly kinda scary no cap.

Not gonna lie this whole thing finally pushed me into using a VPN daily. I was just trying to browse normally a few nights ago and suddenly sites started asking for ID verification and facial scans like bro what 😭 no way I’m uploading my personal info just to access random websites. Ended up downloading a VPN after seeing everyone talk about it and apparently downloads are going crazy right now because a lot of people are doing the same thing after the new UK and EU rules started rolling out. What’s wild is governments are now calling VPNs a loophole and talking about cracking down on them too. Kinda feels like the harder they push this stuff the more regular people start using VPNs out of spite lol