Connect to Gladys via the Freebox VPN

Tutorials
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Hello,

here is a small tutorial to explain how to connect to your local Gladys from outside using the VPN offered by the Freebox.

I don’t know how good an idea this is… in any case, it works.

On the Freebox side:

  1. Go to the local site: http://mafreebox.freebox.fr/

  2. Icon Freebox Settings

  3. Advanced mode

  4. Icon VPN Server

  5. Tab PPTP

  6. Check the box Enable

  7. Box encryption mode: Mandatory

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  8. Tab Users

  9. Click on Add a user

  10. Enter a login, a password and leave the other two boxes at their defaults

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Example of connecting from my Android phone:

  1. Go to the phone settings
  2. VPN menu
  3. Add a new VPN

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  1. Give it a name
  2. Set the type to PPTP
  3. Enter the Freebox’s address on the internet
  4. Select PPP encryption
  5. Enter the username
  6. Enter the password
  7. Enable the VPN
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To test, make sure to switch to 4G and not to WiFi :slight_smile:

Hope this is useful.

Feel free to give advice or add clarifications.

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Hello @Hizo

Great tutorial — does that allow access to Zigbee2MQTT? I’m still figuring things out. And where can the Freebox address be found online?
Thanks

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you must use a DynDNS-type address and then access it through the DynDNS address, or request a fixed IP address from Free

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then the IP is located here

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Then you need to go to « customize my reverse DNS »

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And there, go all the way to the bottom to configure only the « custom DNS entry »

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That’s it for configuring the Freebox subscriber area, you now have a fixed V4 IP address and it is published in the DNS servers under the name xxx.hd.free.fr
Note these settings are not effective instantly; you must wait several hours or even a day for them to be published.
To verify that your domain name is published in the DNS servers, you can test it by going to the site https://dnschecker.org , enter your domain name xxx.hd.free.fr

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@cce66
Thanks for the clarification, indeed I forgot that I had a fixed IPv4.

After that, I didn’t go and create a custom Reverse DNS.

@Jluc
Yes, you can access your entire local network.

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Thanks @cce66?

Given my level, it’s a bit worrying, isn’t it? And can having a static IP also cause security issues?

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Without a static IP, it’s complicated because you’ll never know which address to connect to…

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I made a tutorial on how to easily use a reverse DNS service