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I have a desktop and a server connected by the same router at home. I also have a laptop that can connect to the desktop via Remote Desktop while it's connected to the home network. The laptop can also connect to the server with the OpenVPN software when I'm out in public.
While the laptop is connected to the VPN in public, is there a way the laptop can remote into the desktop? More specifically, if I'm on my school's wifi and the OpenVPN client is connected to my server at home, is there a way I can open Remote Desktop on the laptop to remote into the desktop at home? What should I add to my configuration files to accomplish this?
Additional Info
- If at all possible, I'd rather not open up port 3389 directly to the internet.
- Both the laptop and desktop run Windows 10; the server runs Ubuntu Server 16.04.
- I own the server and can alter the firewall rules/conf files however I want. I just need to know what to set them to (if anything).
- The server and the desktop are connected to the same router. Let's say the desktop has an IP of 192.168.1.150 and the server is 192.168.1.180. Both have their gateway set to the router at 192.168.1.254.
It really depends how you have OpenVPN configured. The VPN is the gateway into your network from the outside, but it can be configured to allow on-network behavior between just the client and VPN server, or the VPN server can allow access to all network resources. – MaQleod – 2017-03-10T18:16:37.277