@mormegil 

Hi,

Does the VPN connection to your AX55 work flawlessly otherwise?

There should be no special settings needed to access the USB drive via SMB through the VPN tunnel. This works fine on my TP-Link router (an AX50).

In case you have been using "tplinkwifi.net" as the address, then maybe try the actual LAN IP address instead. (i.e. in Window's File Explorer type "\\192.168.0.1" or whatever you have changed it to manually)

  @woozle I would say the VPN connection works flawlessly otherwise, however I didn't check it extensively. I only checked if I can connect to the network and manage my router, and it worked just fine. Today I plan on setting up a Raspberry Pi device, so I'll check if I can access it via VPN connection.

I am using the Network/Media Server Name, which I set to "tp-server". I tried typing into the address bar of Windows Explorer "\\tp-server\", "\\192.168.1.1\" or with port 445 (which I believe is the default port of SMB protocol). When I'm in the local network, I can access the drive in both ways; when I'm away and connecting via OpenVPN, I can't. Only the FTP connection works via the VPN.

  @mormegil 

Then it seems someone from TP-Link support will have to look into this.

  @Kevin_Z Thank you, this is much appreciated!