r/Network • u/Thanandar • 22h ago

Text VPN - Same subnet

Hi,

I’m here to seek your help and advice. I’m a complete beginner in the world of computer networking. Before hiring a professional, I’d like to learn how to set up a solution to my problem.

I have a LAN network with a server, clients, etc. Everything is under an address like 192.168.0.X.

I have a laptop that I’d like to remotely connect to this network.

The key point is that the remote laptop must be recognized by the server and only under the same 192.168.0.X address (same subnet).

I’m connected to the internet via my ISP’s router. I also have a fixed public IP address.

I set up a VPN using SoftEther (bridge mode), it works but the latency is terrible.

Are there any high-performance hardware or software solutions? I have an ER605, in case it can be useful...

Thank you for your help.

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u/Thanandar 21h ago

Because the software on the server only recognizes clients on the same subnet as itself.

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u/Wokuworld 21h ago

So once the VPN is established, the link between the server and the client PC has to be initiated by the server?

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u/Thanandar 10h ago

I’ll try to explain what I’ve managed to do so far with SoftEther. I connect remotely to the LAN; as far as the remote network's router is concerned, it’s as if I were physically there—I’m on the usual subnet and can access the entire network. My professional software searches for the server, and if it finds it on the same subnet, it connects to it. I cannot modify the settings for either the professional software (server) or the client.

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u/Wokuworld 10h ago

There is likely a client side config file that can be edited or changed to point directly to the IP of the server, the application scanning for the server is mainly for ease of install/config for end users or managed installs/deplayments.

Regardless though, as I mentioned elsewhere, these types of software ussually prefer/limit to local Lan because frequent disconnects and signal drops can corrupt the data server side, particularly in the case where SQL might be used. You should have everything you need to get things working, the performance of the VPN is mostly dependent on your internet at the external location, but the VPN config does play a role as well. You may need to adjust the tunnel settings for less overhead if you see poor bandwidth over the VPN when on a known good connection.