Remotely connect to DrayTek router in a different location

[Danny11717]

Hi,

 

I am not sure if anyone has had experience with this one or not but I am trying to remotely connect to a DrayTek router that is in a different location to our school because this controls the preschools wifi and I need to update firmware of the router to keep the network secure. It is connected to a VPN on our smoothwall so it has a remote IP and everything but I am not sure what I am missing because I am unable to reach it when I type it in.

 

If anyone has any idea of how I could connect to the DrayTek router remotely that would be great because I am getting slightly desperate on needing to connect to this and the previous technician that installed this has only got the pre shared key documented on the google doc and nothing else on how to connect.

[speakercon]

Are you typing the LAN IP of the draytek?

[Davit2005]

Tis a bit risky doing a router update remotely. Yep it should be OK but if you knock it out could require a quick dash.

 

But above in mind, have you not got access if you connect to the VPN and maybe access a wired client and access the router from that?

 

You can setup the DrayTeks to allow remote management connections from fixed IPs but I certainly would not open management to the DrayTek from anywhere on the internet.

 

If you have passed through the public IP address to another device you would need to use the IP address that the other device is using for it's gateway if you understand what I mean from that, lol. So say public IP address is passed through the DrayTek to a Smoothwall. The smoothwall will have the DrayTek as a next hop IP address and it is that address which you will likely need to access the DrayTek from. Or previous tech could of setup an additional vlan/IP on DrayTek jus for management.

Edited December 12, 2024 by Davit2005