Remote Desktop/Access shared files over PPTP VPN (2024)

Hi David,

Thank you for the response.

I was able to access the router configuration using the local IP address (in my case 192.168.1.1). I don't think I would have been able to access it using the public IP address since I have the router remote management feature disabled.

Now after reading your email, I was finally able to remote desktop and access shared files through a PPTP VPN connection. Here is what I did:

1- I separted the PPTP VPN IP address range from my DHCP range (in my case, PPTP VPN range is 192.168.1.200 to 210 and my DHCP range is from 192.168.1.100 to 199)

2- I assigned my office desktop PC that I am trying to remote desktop to a fixed IP address (192.168.1.20)

3- For remote desktop, I had to type the IP address (192.168.1.20). Typing the PC name (officepc) or searching for was not working.

4- For shared files, I had to map a network drive as //192.168.1.20/My Pictures for example. I couldn't find my PC when searched for it under Network.

After doing all that, I was able to do kinda what I wanted. Ideally, I would have liked to avoid using fixed IP addresses and be able to access computers by their name and see them under the Network tab. Is their a way to do this? I noticed that RV220W offers SSL VPN, would that help me?

I would appreciate it if you could answer my last two questions.

Thanks!

Mustafa