I have read posts on this, but somehow cannot get it to work on my ASUS RT-AC68U with standard ASUS firmware. I want to be able to connect my Windows 10 laptop to my router/LAN via PPTP VPN from a hotel room 1,000 miles away so I can use Microsoft Remote Desktop via VPN to connect to the computers on the LAN.
I enabled PPTP VPN and created a Username/Password.
Then came the first problem: Step 2 is "(2) Set the IP pool for client IP. (Maximum 30 clients)" but there is no where to do this. So how?
Second problem is that in the advanced options, the last parameter is:
"Client IP address ~ 192.168.10.2 - 192.168.10.11 Maximum 30 clients "
So ... is the 'Client IP" the LAN IP of the computer I am trying to access on my LAN through the VPN (in which case the addresses are "192.168.1.xxx" or is the "Client IP" the IP of my laptop in the hotel room 1,000 miles away from my router that I am using to establish a VPN connection to my router with? (in which case it wouldn't be in this IP range either?).
Then, I went to the VPN Client tab and created and activated a VPN Client (not sure why … is this "Client" for my laptop in the remote hotel room?). Also, when I activated the client the wheel in the left status column never stopped spinning.
The last set of issues is ... when I am in that hotel room 1,000 miles away with my laptop, I assume I establish a VPN connection using my router's WAN IP ??? If correct, then when I open Microsoft Remote Desktop, will it be using the hotel's WIFI connection (non-VPN), or the computer's established VPN connection? How does RDC know which one to use.
Is there someplace that has clear, simple instructions to all of this?
Thanks.
I enabled PPTP VPN and created a Username/Password.
Then came the first problem: Step 2 is "(2) Set the IP pool for client IP. (Maximum 30 clients)" but there is no where to do this. So how?
Second problem is that in the advanced options, the last parameter is:
"Client IP address ~ 192.168.10.2 - 192.168.10.11 Maximum 30 clients "
So ... is the 'Client IP" the LAN IP of the computer I am trying to access on my LAN through the VPN (in which case the addresses are "192.168.1.xxx" or is the "Client IP" the IP of my laptop in the hotel room 1,000 miles away from my router that I am using to establish a VPN connection to my router with? (in which case it wouldn't be in this IP range either?).
Then, I went to the VPN Client tab and created and activated a VPN Client (not sure why … is this "Client" for my laptop in the remote hotel room?). Also, when I activated the client the wheel in the left status column never stopped spinning.
The last set of issues is ... when I am in that hotel room 1,000 miles away with my laptop, I assume I establish a VPN connection using my router's WAN IP ??? If correct, then when I open Microsoft Remote Desktop, will it be using the hotel's WIFI connection (non-VPN), or the computer's established VPN connection? How does RDC know which one to use.
Is there someplace that has clear, simple instructions to all of this?
Thanks.