On Saturday, 6 June 2020 12:16:57 BST Keith Edmunds wrote: > So you need remote access to Raspberry Pi.
To about 20 Pis actually :-) > If you have fixed IP addresses at home, ssh that is firewalled to those > addresses is easiest. > > If you don't have fixed IP addresses, ssh access authenticated only by > keys is easy once set up. If you'd like help with that, what operating > systems will the remote accessors be using? We can't use anything like that; the requirement is to install VPN because the route to the Pis is via the Office network. The Trustees are very concerned that machines in the Office are not exposed to the Internet. This link shows the setup: https://wmtprojectsforum.altervista.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3502#p3502 > The link you provided goes to the index of a forum, so it's not clear to > me which VPN software you have been trying. If you do go down the VPN > route, in my experience OpenVPN is relatively easy to set up, is secure, > and it's supported on Windows, Linux, OSX, Android (don't know about > iPhone, never used one). Yes I provided that link rather than detail all the things that I had done so far :-) I have been using PiVPN which is a script to automate the installation of OpenVPN on a Pi. I have been able to install it OK, but it stops nodogsplash working, hence the query about setting up maclans. > Happy to help more, but I would urge "keep it simple". There are constraints that prevent too much KISS at the moment. If I could go in, I could temporarily install another Pi to run the VPN Server on. If I could go in... -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-07-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
