The original post: /r/vpn by /u/CuirPig on 2025-01-21 01:05:21.

I have a small business with several wired ethernet appliances and windows workstations. It also has wireless access for laptops, phones, etc.

I want to be able to connect to that network remotely as though I were hardwired into it. So when I go to print, I want to be able to see the office printers in my windows print dialog. When I save, I want to be able to see the network shares I setup at the office.

But I also want to be able to access my local network so I can print locally or save to a local network share. So when I am at the office, if I need to access the files at home, I can remotely connect before I leave and from the office, my home network appears as though it were local on my business network.

I assumed that a VPN server would allow me to do this so I tried to setup Wireguard VPN Server on the ASUS router. What a nightmare.

Can anyone tell me if there’s an easier way? Is there a better way? I can get the wireguard client to connect to the server, but I can’t get any traffic through the connection and my internet is not working locally once I connect through Wireguard. It is assigning the correct IP address, but that’s about it.

Any suggestions?

The reason I am asking here is that I am not sure if I am even asking the right questions. I’m not sure that a vpn will do what I want. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.