Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:24 Post subject: VNCRepeater
Long time listener first time caller here. I'm currently running Kong's r30695 release on a WRT-1900ACS (v1).
I'll keep it quick for now. Can someone please confirm whether or not VNCRepeater can be or has been successfully implemented on DD-WRT yet? I have a WRT1900ACS (v1) that I'd like to eliminate as many port forwards as possible and this would allow me to cut out quite a few of them. From what I can tell, there are some traces on partial installs in the /etc/config/ directory but that's about all I can find. It looks as if it is available in OpenWRT though but I'd really like to stay with DD-WRT.
Alternatively, are there any other options that will accomplish the same goal of using a VNC remotely without forwarding multiple ports for each machine?
You know, I had tried that in the past but grew frustrated as I was in a hurry however it made so much more sense once you mentioned it. I've been tinkering with it today and finally have OpenNVC working and accessing my network remotely from even my iPhone. Thanks for the reminder.
For others who may be interested, be careful, it's much easier than several of the tutorials out there make it out to be. Many of them are very unclear in their instructions which led to much unnecessary work.
I may need to start a separate thread for this one but it is related to the last statement.
Do I need to configure port forwarding to allow the VPN subnet (192.168.66.0) to connect to the LAN (192.168.0.0)? When I run VNC from a remote location I get an error that I cannot connect to the destinitation IP. I'm assuming this is because I'm in a different subnet maybe? Or should I setup the VPN to run on the LAN?
I'm able to log in to the VPN but that's all. I can see the client on the VPN Status Page and I seem to have a rock solid connection but for some reason, I cannot do anything on the VPN. Can't VNC other machines, access other resources, view the printer config page, DD-WRT configuration, etc. I have checked and re-checked everything, I've disabled the firewall entirely, all to no avail.
FINALLY!!! Success at last. I'm now able to access all network devices via OpenVPN just as if I am sitting on the LAN. In fact, I'm even assigned a LAN IP address. However, this required a bridged connection which is fine for most purposes but it wasn't until I completed the process until I realized that iOS doesn't support TAP based tunnels so VNC is still impossible via iPhone over VPN unless there is another way to accomplish this.
