Blue Iris and OpenVPN--It Works, But Did I Do It Right?

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Jan 31, 2025
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Hey! Ok, I changed my mind and ditched the VLAN trek and decided to go with the time-saving dual NIC which is up and running, thanks to lots of reading in the forums, thanks! (To the newbies, dual NIC is the best way to go. Spend the $15 and save your self many hours of troubleshooting into the night and tired work days.)

Camera side is 192.168.10.xxx, home network LAN side 192.168.0.xxx

I've got OpenVPN running to view the camera network from the internet, and it does work (I also can use Tailscale with success.) On OpenVPN connecting, it says SUCCESS, listing an IP address within the Pool IP address input during the setup, and the External address of the UI3 browser shown on the Webserver page. When starting UI3 in Chrome, it brings me to the login page, and the IP address shown in Chrome is the home network LAN side of the dedicated camera PC.

Is this correct?
 
wittaj said:
That is correct. It is just like you are sitting at home.
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Great, thanks! I haven't decided which to use, OpenVPN or Tailscale. You have any reasons I should choose one over the other?

One of these day, I'd like to put together a concise methodology of how I made this work for other newbies like me who are astute enough to learn from scratch but have time limitations. I found that many helpful posts assume the user is aware of or knowledgeable about certain things that are not obvious to those with less experience, and with lots of jumping from post to post. Plus it memorializes my method so I can find it when I need it again.
 
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Arguments both ways. Some like that OpenVPN is local on the router, while others like Tailscale takes care of that portion.

Many sites say Tailscale is faster, but if you are only using it for BI and OpenVPN is fast enough for your use, then go for it.
 
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wittaj said:
Arguments both ways. Some like that OpenVPN is local on the router, while others like Tailscale takes care of that portion.

Many sites say Tailscale is faster, but if you are only using it for BI and OpenVPN is fast enough for your use, then go for it.
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OK, thanks for the input! I'll use them a bunch to see which is better, or not.
 
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