Hi guys,
My technical background is in industrial control systems but I have limited knowledge in networking so please tolerate my noob description and question below.
The goal is to create a site-to-site OpenVPN connection between my laptop and a remote control panel with couple of hardware such as PLC, HMI etc using AWS OpenVPN Server so that I can remotely access the hardware if required. (Note: I’m aware of the security issues - the remote router will only be switched on by the operator if there are issues on site).
The hardware I using is GL-XE300C4.
I’ve managed to connect both my laptop and the router to the AWS OpenVPN Server - no issues. The router receives the IP address from the server however the hardware connected to the router is in a different subnet so it can’t connect directly back to the Server.
So my questions are:
- Is it possible to bridge the OpenVPN connection to the LAN? i.e. all the devices connected to the router gets IP address directly from the OpenVPN server - if so, how?
- Does the setting in the OpenVPN Server need to be updated to act as DHCP Server? I’ve seen a similar post on this forum (OpenVPN bridging - #2 by Shadow6) but I couldn’t follow the steps described. The files I needed to modify didn’t seem to existing in the location described.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
PB