How can I connect to my home network from school? (Tech support for the parents)

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alfa147x

alfa147x

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How can I connect to my home network from school?
How can I get it so my laptop is on my home network so I can fix anything from router problems, print server, to using Apple's remote desktop to work on their laptops, or desktops (Tech support for the parents)

Is there a way to make my laptop seem just like a another computer on the network? VPN?

My parents have
1x Hackintosh (OS 10.5)
1x Mac Pro (OS 10.6.2)
2x MacBooks (OS 10.6.2)
1x Mac Mini (OS 10.6.2)
1x Xbox 360
1 print server with 2 printers

and I have the router running DD-WRT v24-sp2 (12/07/09) micro-plus

They always seem to be having little things and it would be nice if i could just make things work without having to talk through things on the phone! (Frustrating!)

I have a Macbook Pro if it matters
running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows Xp

Thanks a bunch!
Alfa147x
 
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her209

her209

No Lifer
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alfa147x said:


I don't see it :(
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I'm using a Linksys WRT54GL router with the DD-WRT mini firmware and under the Services tab, there is a VPN sub tab.

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her209

her209

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alfa147x said:
ah I see the problem I have the Micro build you have the mini

Would it work fine if I just installed a VPN server on the Mac Pro?

Thanks for you help BTW
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Theoretically it should work as long as you port forward the correct ports to the Mac Pro. I say "theoretically" because NAT has a way of messing things up.
 
alfa147x

alfa147x

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her209 said:
Theoretically it should work as long as you port forward the correct ports to the Mac Pro. I say "theoretically" because NAT has a way of messing things up.
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Would it help if I Static IP'ed then DMZ'ed the Mac Pro?


I also enabled:



Also the tutorial im following said to open ports:
You may need to enable VPN passthrough on your router and/or forward the following UDP ports to the VPN server: 500, 1701, 4500. For help with port forwarding, see PortForward.com.
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I was wondering if i did it right?
I don't think I did after port scanning my WAN IP i get this:
Open TCP Port: 22 ssh
Open TCP Port: 23 telnet
Open TCP Port: 88 kerberos
Open TCP Port: 548 afpovertcp
Open TCP Port: 3031 eppc
Open TCP Port: 5900 vnc-server
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alfa147x

alfa147x

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Ok so everything work! I just tested it using my iPhones built in VPN client, im going to go over to a friends to test it out later tomorrow
ill post an update

Thanks a bunch for all the help!

~Alfa147x
 
Gillbot

Gillbot

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Logmein Free works well for me.

I have used many Remote clients and Logmein Free is just easier.
 
her209

her209

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alfa147x said:
Also the tutorial im following said to open ports:



I was wondering if i did it right?
I don't think I did after port scanning my WAN IP i get this:
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The reason why you're not seeing those ports that you passed through is because they are UDP ports.
 
alfa147x

alfa147x

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her209 said:
The reason why you're not seeing those ports that you passed through is because they are UDP ports.
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ah ha! Thanks!

I set up a Dynamic Domain Name System with my DD-WRT so when the WAN ip changes it'll keep me updated :)
 
alfa147x

alfa147x

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when im on my neighbors network (Testing purposes only) and i connect to my VPN and type in my router it goes to my neighbors router page. Is that right?

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Edit:

My phone is also connected to the vpn and when I type in the router address (192.168.1.1) and it works
 
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her209

her209

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alfa147x said:
when im on my neighbors network (Testing purposes only) and i connect to my VPN and type in my router it goes to my neighbors router page. Is that right?
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Its probably because your neighbor and your home network are using overlapping IP addresses. In other words, if you are using 192.168.1.0/24 and your neighbor is doing the same, when you enter the IP address for your router, your computer thinks you are trying to connect to your neighbor's router (which happens to be the same IP address) and does so.
 
alfa147x

alfa147x

Lifer
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her209 said:
Its probably because your neighbor and your home network are using overlapping IP addresses. In other words, if you are using 192.168.1.0/24 and your neighbor is doing the same, when you enter the IP address for your router, your computer thinks you are trying to connect to your neighbor's router (which happens to be the same IP address) and does so.
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Oh sooo if I change my routers IP to 192.168.1.123 will it work?

onza said:
aka change your IP address :)

Logmein is still easier :)
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Hahaha that is so true
I know Logmein is easier but i would like this to be a learning experience
 
her209

her209

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alfa147x said:
Oh sooo if I change my routers IP to 192.168.1.123 will it work?
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No, it won't work. Here's why:

Your home network is using 192.168.1.0 /24. Your neighbor is using the same. When you're on your neighbor's LAN, it gets an IP address in the range above. When you try to connect to any IP address in the 192.168.1.0 /24 range, your device doesn't know which host in which network you're trying to communicate with.

EDIT: In other words, if you're on a network that uses a network range that overlaps with your home LAN IP address range, VPN won't work.
 
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