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So for the life of me I can not figure out why I have this weird issue.
I have a desktop and laptop at home. When the laptop is connected to VPN ( External work network ) I can rdp to it just fine. Now when it should be even easier to connect to only connected to my router and no VPN for some reason I can't ping it, I can't RDP into it.
It's connected to WiFi with no manual DNS settings or anything like that. Firewall is disabled completely, only the VPN connection has firewall rules set externally.
Router 192.168.2.1 ( ASUS RT-AC68U ) Desktop 192.168.2.100 ( ESET Firewall RDP allowed ) Laptop 192.168.2.159 ( No firewall )
RiCHiE
Posted 2019-04-05T05:28:42.520
Reputation: 161
Tell us more about your local network and where are situated the RDP client and server. – harrymc – 2019-04-05T06:01:40.290
Desktop is EoP LAN connected to router and Laptop is WiFi connected, both have an IP reservation in DHCP. I mean it works just fine while the laptop is VPN connected. – RiCHiE – 2019-04-05T08:40:34.563
VPN connected to what? Is the Laptop also on that VPN? – harrymc – 2019-04-05T09:21:42.137
The VPN is connected to business network at&t vpn. on a completly different range. The desktop is not connected to the vpn. The rdp from desktop to laptop only works when the laptop is on vpn – RiCHiE – 2019-04-06T09:22:01.227
Is this the classical problem of accessing your home from work? – harrymc – 2019-04-06T09:24:14.607
Nope the weird part is I cant access the local lan laptop disconnected from VPn but it's on local lan my home router. So I shouldnt need vpn to access it as the router can still see it if it's on VPN or not because their both connected to the same home router. However some how rdp o ly works while the laptop is connected to vpn to the work network completly separate from my home network. – RiCHiE – 2019-04-07T10:28:51.570
Please add to your post a schema of your architecture (because what you are saying seems impossible). Include the local DHCP server and all IP addresses of all devices, when connected to VPN or not. – harrymc – 2019-04-07T10:39:30.673