This is a VPN to bring you back into your home network when you are away, so the only time it is being used is when you are away and want to access the cams.
This is not a paid VPN service that hides your IP address for illegal video streaming and porn
downloads LOL.
You will need a
DDNS as your WAN IP address is subject to change at anytime by your ISP (although most do not change often) or you are paying for a static IP address. You can create this in your router.
OpenVPN is simple, but we make it way more difficult than it needs to be lol.
I was there too once with OpenVPN...tried to do all this research to find directions and got to the point I said screw it and just enabled it and kinda of followed what it was asking and it worked.
Just go to OpenVPN and enable it and see what it says - probably asks you to create a user/PW,
DDNS name, encryption method, and create certificate. Then email that certificate to you and save the certificate on your mobile device. Then install the OpenVPN app and select the certificate and then connect and you are on your home network.
It really is simpler than our minds make it out to be.
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