Port/Port Forwarding information

79wjd · July 2, 2015

I'm trying to set up remote access to my router's GUI and to a FreeNAS server located on the network. I will be connecting to the FreeNAS server through a VPN, and I will be accessing the Router's GUI through port forwarding.

I've set up the port range to be port 80 and the local port to be port 80 and have that forwarding to the internal IP of the router (192.168.1.1) and I'm able to access the router's GUI remotely. Now, will I need to set up another port forwarding option to forward to my FreeNAS server, or does the VPN (openVPN) not need that?

Also, assuming I would want to port forward to another device on the network, what other port range and local ports would I be able to use in order to do so (since not every port works)?

brwainer · July 2, 2015

if the VPN is built into the router, you may be good to go. But if the VPN is inside the network, you need to port forward whatever port the VPN uses to the device running the VPN.

79wjd · July 2, 2015

if the VPN is built into the router, you may be good to go. But if the VPN is inside the network, you need to port forward whatever port the VPN uses to the device running the VPN.

The VPN is in the router. So I should just have to set up the client on the router and follow it's instructions (it's an Asus RT-A66u) and I should be good to go?

How would I then connect to the server?

Neil · July 2, 2015

Once you're vpn'd to your network, you will have routes for the ip addresses inside your network. So just use the ip you'd use if you were actually on your network.