Thread: Transfer files from home PC to N900 over internet?
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2010-04-02 , 18:21
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Originally Posted by chainreaction View Post
Well if you can handle some tweaking and you have a DD-WRT firmware capable router, you could set up OpenVPN, which basically gives lot more options and you don't have to use ssh tunneling at all. When the system is configured, everything works really great. It's just a big hassle to get the system running.
Ok, I've finally sorted this out.

It did take a while to do but none of it was particularly difficult. Firstly I had to re-flash my router with the vpn version of DD-WRT (instead of the standard version I was already using) and then put all my settings back how they were.

Secondly I had to install OpenVPN on my PC, on the Debian dual-boot installation I set up a couple of weeks ago, in order to create the certificates and keys I needed on the router and N900. It's all described in the incredibly helpful DD-WRT wiki and it would have worked first time if I hadn't changed the UDP port and then forgotten to change the port number in the new firewall rule.

I set the VPN on the router in bridging mode so I can use Wizard Mounter at a later date but, for now, FTP with gFTP is working well.
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