OpenVPN TAP setup (for LAN gaming) on stock ASUS RT-AC66U B1

[SnowmanDK]

Hi

I am new to this forum, AND to setting up OpenVPN on the Asus routers.
YEARS ago I had a software OpenVPN server that worked fine, but forgot all about how to do it, and I can also see things changed in later OpenVPN versions.

What I want is the following:
My local network is a 192.168.1.0 network.
My computer has a fixed ip address.
I want friends from anywhere to be able to connect to my LAN, and be able to find my LAN game.
I did manage to set it up with TAP, so my friends CAN connect to the OpenVPN, and get a valid IP address via my OpenVPN DHCP (192.168.1.x).
Thing is, my friends can't see ANYTHING on my network.
I know, that if it worked properly, they should be able to see all my network devices, shared folders, and my LAN game, but they get NOTHING.

Client config is like this:

remote my.domain 1194
float
nobind
proto udp
dev tap

dev-node OpenVPN

sndbuf 0
rcvbuf 0
keepalive 10 30
auth-user-pass
client
auth SHA1
cipher AES-256-CBC
remote-cert-tls server
<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

</ca>

<cert>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

</cert>

<key>
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----

</key>

See attached file for server config.

Can someone guide me in the correct direction?

 

[SnowmanDK]

I did have an OpenVPN installation on a Windows machine running as a server about 10 years ago, but if it's possible using the Asus router instead, I don't know.
I do remember it was troublesome, setting up certificates and everything manually, so I really hope it's possible on the router instead.
Back then, I remember I had a 5.0.0.0 network set up as the VPN address range using TAP, and some kind of a client-to-client, but I noticed that the router won't allow me to go outside the range of it's own DHCP, and there are no setting for setting client-to-client.

Do no one have any guidance for me?

 

[L&LD]

Have you tried using Better Search at the top of the page? There are a few threads on this (or similar) topic I believe.

 

[SnowmanDK]

Have you tried using Better Search at the top of the page? There are a few threads on this (or similar) topic I believe.

I must be using the wrong search parameters then...
I set to ALL Asus subforums, and search for "openvpn tap" (without quotes)... NO results...
I set to ALL Asus subforums, and search for "openvpn server" (without quotes)... no RELEVANT results...
I set to ALL Asus subforums, and search for "openvpn" (without quotes)... a LOT of results about CLIENT setup...

Could you give me a hint?

 

[L&LD]

Sorry, I don't know any hints to give you. Maybe others can (soon).