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Did you color something on that orange lamp/led in the first screenshot?
No, it looks like always - a sun coming up from a blue "box".Did you color something on that orange lamp/led in the first screenshot?
OK, can you try to set "Method to retrieve WAN IP" to External, this might improve your situation.No, it looks like always - a sun coming up from a blue "box".
Interesting, but I am very afraid to change anything when I am not at the place where the router is. If I am lost I have to travel 300 km to that place. I intend to do so some weeks ahead and think I should waite until then doing the change. I find nothing about internal/external in the asus manual - pity.OK, can you try to set "Method to retrieve WAN IP" to External, this might improve your situation.
It is a long time that I used that ASUSCOMM ddns, I remember the color to be greenish (?) when being OK, but your status indicates it IS ok right now.Interesting, but I am very afraid to change anything when I am not at the place where the router is. If I am lost I have to travel 300 km to that place. I intend to do so some weeks ahead and think I should waite until then doing the change. I find nothing about internal/external in the asus manual - pity.
A question; when you recommend me to change to External, do you expect the orange lamp to be bigger or change color? (to green?)
The wireless router currently uses a private WAN IP address.
This router may be in the multiple-NAT environment. While using an External check might allow DDNS to reflect the correct IP address, this might still interfere with remote access services.
^ This. If your local service was failing neither would work. But they may have different time outs so that may vary some between them as far as timing and how long they hang onto an address. Depending on what you're using you may be able to tell by behavior as far as whether it shows host unknown or it attempts to reach the host and it's not found.To my understanding, if your wireless ISP fails, no-ip client won't get updated either. So if you would run the pingtest script, it would indicate as much as failures than the asuscomm ddns service. But that's my 2c.
If you do this you have to port forward?Hi Adam,
can you explain first where you will be deploying the OpenVPN server? If you have, for example, an ASUS, you can do it on that device. Installing it on Windows is possible too, but then you need portforwarding to your BI pc.
Hi Adam,
can you explain first where you will be deploying the OpenVPN server? If you have, for example, an ASUS, you can do it on that device. Installing it on Windows is possible too, but then you need portforwarding to your BI pc.
Great questions. It is my next write-up to explain how to connect out of network in new ways. @catcamstar will help you with this better than I can until I learn more on how to do so.Hi Cat & TL
Thanks for your replies
Cat I don't have Asus will be OpenVPN via pc
Its a cafe and will be installing BI /card payment machine and access point for customer wifi
have pc and netgear switch for the pc/cams. ISP will be changed every year or so
Want to access BI remotely and was looking at using windows access
So,,, I would be vv grateful if you could point me in the direction of the easiest and most straightforward? way to set up a secure remote access that I don't need to config every time isp is changed.
Thanks
Adam
Hi @adamdylan,Hi Cat & TL
Thanks for your replies
Cat I don't have Asus will be OpenVPN via pc
Its a cafe and will be installing BI /card payment machine and access point for customer wifi
have pc and netgear switch for the pc/cams. ISP will be changed every year or so
Want to access BI remotely and was looking at using windows access
So,,, I would be vv grateful if you could point me in the direction of the easiest and most straightforward? way to set up a secure remote access that I don't need to config every time isp is changed.
Thanks
Adam
Where did you find this %? I think the majority is using the asus router to setup their vpn. It is the easiest and doesn't require port forwarding like using a PC or raspberry PI.Thank you very much for that CC
How long would that take a mere mortal to install openvpn to windows pc and how straightforward /reliable is that method? (I've read some don't find it easy)
It appears my windows options are Openvpn on
1) My pc (61% of members using)
2) Asus (ac68u) router. (15% using)
3) Raspberry Pi (4.8%)
So which is the simplest? most straightforward? most reliable/stable? How long does each take?
I am thinking the Asus router may be best because
1) easiest to setup
2) has spare ports if want to add to other devices can use the asus vpn
3) problem or change pc the vpn on the asus is still there
Your thoughts are most appreciated
Thanks, Adam