And by Local Network, I mean here on my workstation, not at the peer or VPN docker/server/provider.
I am not very knowledgeable with VPNs but I got to learn something new and when I do, I make a note of it. The problem was that when I have my VPN active to poke things at home, I could not print documents at my workstation at work.
Googled a lot, trid a few things and then realised that adding IP addresses to AllowedIPs in the PEER section, adds an exception for an IP address on the server’s side, NOT my workstation.
“Ooooh, what does this checkmark do?”
Confusingly enough, WireGuard names things differently between the Windows and the iOS app. So here’s what you need to check to gain access to your workstation’s local network:
- Open the WireGuard control panel.
- Click once on the vpn you want to change
- Click the EDIT button on the bottom right
- iOS: UN-Tick the box on the bottom left that says: “Exclude private IPs”, then click SAVE
Windows: UN-Tick the box on the bottom left that says: “Block untunneled traffic (kill-switch)”, then click SAVE
Yes ,this poses a security risc, so I made two VPN profiles. One with and one without so I can easily switch from one to the other.
