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I have a orangepi at home with a 2tb usb disk. I made it reachable via wireguard, and works very well as a samba server. No need to open any ports.
Very cool.
How exactly did you manage to make it available without forwarding a port? If the server is behind your routers with no way through, a vpn shouldn’t reach it either.
A VPN eliminates the need for port forwarding.
Edit: Not talking about a "privacy VPN", but an actual VPN that lives up to the name "Virtual Private Network", where you are connecting to the private network you wish to access.
I totally get that with a vpn that goes from a device within a closed network to a public one but my impression was that the commenter before me meant going from a public device to a device in a protected network which I found hard to believe
They said "no need to open any ports" but that is false. The wireguard port obviously has to be opened for the VPN to work.
Thats how I view it as well. I love to learn so I‘m not evasive of the idea that I missed something. But from the downvotes and no meaningful answers except yours I derive that there might be a misunderstanding.
You mean the literal function of a VPN?
I‘m not sure you understand how a vpn works. It usually connects to the outermost part of a network (the router in my case) and then enters through there. The vpn port is always open and thats why I asked since you said thats not the case. (Incase that comes up: there are setups where another port is used for „knocking“ and opens up the entry port. Still one port has to be open to receive anything)
Also, you have no reason to talk down to me. We might have had a misunderstanding here, idk. I‘m just asking to find out what you meant.
No shit the VPN requires an open port, I never said otherwise, but if your router is the one running the server, you aren't forwarding the port. The router itself is listening on its WAN interface.
The VPN prevents you from having to forward any ports, because the router allows you to tunnel in. The only open port will be whatever port the VPN server listens on, and it isn't a forwarded port.
Source: I literally work at a VPN company.
I hope you dont work in a customer facing position then. You literally have no idea how to talk to someone in a respectful manner.
So, my initial take was correct. You do need an open port and if you want your router to manage it, you have to isolate the vpn from the rest of the network.
Anyway, since this isnt going anywhere and you keep being irritating, I‘m gonna call it. Good luck with that attitude.
You need to have one member in the vpn that has a public ip address.
Also my internet provider at home gives ip6 addresses that are public.
Well, you still have to open wireguard's UDP port to make it reachable outside your LAN.
Just sayin' 🤷
I also need to plug in the ethernet cable 🤣 I assumed this was a given.