Connecting two LANs Together

[hirushaadi]

i have a LAN setup in a office and at my home, i need to combine both of them together! how can i do that, i wan't to do it a very secure way... i will be needing to access the NAS of the office too (securely), how can i do it? are there any more information to be given?, ask me.. Thank you!

[flashiling]

you can use openvpn to access your office LAN.

[aebian]

In your case what you would be looking at is a route/tunnel between the office and the home. 

Does a VPN server fit your needs? Like flashiling mentioned. 

 

Do you only need to access the Office NET or if you are in the office, do you also need to be able to access the Home NET?

 

If you have a public static IPv4 at home as well you could also do a static route and then just do a DNAT on your router to direct traffic to the right device. 

Do you have already hardware in-place for that? If so which hardware is used?

 

[Falcon1986]

1 hour ago, hirusha.adikari said:

i have a LAN setup in a office and at my home, i need to combine both of them together! how can i do that, i wan't to do it a very secure way... i will be needing to access the NAS of the office too (securely), how can i do it? are there any more information to be given?, ask me.. Thank you!

When Hamachi was still free, it was the easiest free software method of establishing a VPN between two networks. It's now owned by LogMeIn and requires a subscription fee.

 

Here are a few free and open-source alternatives.

 

On the other hand, if the router on each LAN has VPN support, you can use this instead, although more configuration is needed. You'll need to get your IT department to help you with this setup.

[hirushaadi]

3 hours ago, Falcon1986 said:

You'll need to get your IT department to help you with this setup.

sad to say, theres no one and i am doing it :-3 and i know a very little about networking stuff.. these days i have been learning the basics and i will be buying a COMPTIA Network + book soon to help me...

 

4 hours ago, Aebian said:

Does a VPN server fit your needs?

well, i just wan't to connect to the nas of the office LAN