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Virtual private networks / Re: Wireguard "Road Warrior" Setup - connects, can access Internet, but not LAN
« on: March 25, 2024, 11:03:55 pm »
Thank you so much for your help.
I think I figured out the problem - I was trying to test out the VPN from the network itself and this was confusing windows.
I took your suggestion and put up a pass all rule and turned logging on. I could see the traffic going to the internet, and I could ping the router from the VPN address, but pings to any on the LAN were not even showing up. I figured how could that be, like they were not even making it to the router.
My guess is the laptop being on the local network, has a 255.255.255.0 netmask or something, and so the traffic was trying to go directly or something? And the 0.0.0.0/0 Allowed IPs on the wireguard was preventing it from going through?
Either way, testing it from another network I could indeed get to devices on my LAN. Problem solved.
Sorry for the poor technical knowledge! Thank you again community for your help!
I think I figured out the problem - I was trying to test out the VPN from the network itself and this was confusing windows.
I took your suggestion and put up a pass all rule and turned logging on. I could see the traffic going to the internet, and I could ping the router from the VPN address, but pings to any on the LAN were not even showing up. I figured how could that be, like they were not even making it to the router.
My guess is the laptop being on the local network, has a 255.255.255.0 netmask or something, and so the traffic was trying to go directly or something? And the 0.0.0.0/0 Allowed IPs on the wireguard was preventing it from going through?
Either way, testing it from another network I could indeed get to devices on my LAN. Problem solved.
Sorry for the poor technical knowledge! Thank you again community for your help!