Noob Question re-port forwarding..

[JemTheWire 6]

I currently have a VPN server configured on my Asus AC- RT88U router so that I can access my local home network when I am traveling. Works great. I have also configured a VPN client via the AirVPN Manchester Dabih server. That too works well.

 

However, if I have both the VPN server (my own) AND the VPN client (AirVPN) enabled at the same time, I loose the connection to my home network when travelling. In a nutshell, the AirVPN client works, but the server does not.

 

In my noobness, I have set up port forwarding on the AirVPN client so that port 6xxxx is forwarded to my router. I have then set my VPN server's port on the same. I.E. 6xxxx. But when I try to connect to my router remotely via my VPN server, it doesn't connect.

 

Can someone help me, guide me hopefully, in simple 1>2>3 steps to complete my mission, which I am assuming is possible to achieve.

 

Thanks in advance.

[go558a83nk 365]

You should search/ask on a forum such as https://www.snbforums.com/forums/asuswrt-merlin.42/, if you have merlin firmware.  If you don't have merlin firmware, there are other forums on that site for stock asus firmware.

 

I think your problem is in how the router itself handles a client and server.  You don't need to mess with port forwarding to accomplish server and client together.

[JemTheWire 6]

Thanks, I am running Merlin FW on my router. I will ask 'over there'.