iTunes Home Sharing over OpenVPN?

[icEEE]

Has anyone successfully VPN'd into their home network to get iTunes home sharing to work? I can't seem to figure it out. I have DD-WRT running OpenVPN, and trying to stream my music at home over Tunnelblick on my Macbook

 

[jsavvy]

I have not tried this myself, but do you have the feature enabled to access local IPs within the vpn network? If so, can you ping the IP address of the computer that you are running iTunes on?

 

[icEEE]

I have not tried this myself, but do you have the feature enabled to access local IPs within the vpn network? If so, can you ping the IP address of the computer that you are running iTunes on?

I can access the other computers via local IP and I can ping to the computer hosting iTunes. Hamachi works perfectly fine, but I was wondering why I'm running into issues using just OpenVPN.

 

[jsavvy]

I believe you're having a multicast issue. Is your openVPN set up as a bridge or routed connection? It seems the bridge connection is the easy setup to get Bonjour services to work via VPNs.

 

[Hrhnick]

I had a lot of headaches with VPN and homesharing.
There are two programs that are basically a VPN/Back to My Mac alternative that allow Home Sharing over the internet.

1. Sharetool (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26850/sharetool) No longer developed, but still works, available for free at https://www.bainsware.com

2. Slinkware Still supported and developed, $24.99 at http://slinkware.com

This is a Mac only option, I've unable to figure a way to setup remote HomeSharing on iOS devices. I've used both and have no complaints.

 

[kweevuss]

I personally import my library (mostly podcasts nowadays) into plex, and all you have to do is open a port and that works for me. I know that is not exactly what you asked, but its a little easier solution.

 

[satcomer]

Has anyone successfully VPN'd into their home network to get iTunes home sharing to work? I can't seem to figure it out. I have DD-WRT running OpenVPN, and trying to stream my music at home over Tunnelblick on my Macbook

The take a look at GreenWorldSoft.

 

[kAyOw]

Same Issue using Mac OS X Server App VPN

Has anyone successfully VPN'd into their home network to get iTunes home sharing to work? I can't seem to figure it out. I have DD-WRT running OpenVPN, and trying to stream my music at home over Tunnelblick on my Macbook

I have the same issue. My goal is to access my Server's iTunes library with my iOS devices using the Home Sharing service. The furthest I got so far was to follow the instructions here:

http://provideotech.org/bonjour-and-vpn-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-googling-and-love-simplicity/

But I cannot make it work for Port 3689.

 

[testheit]

It's an old topic, I know but maybe there's something new in the meantime...

I have the following scenario:
iPhone connected to OpenVPN but also a MacBook connected to the iPhone via Hotspot.
Following this tutorial I could successfully publish the HomeSharing service to my iPhone (listed under "Music App -> Private Sharing -> Name of Library").
But if I tap on the Library the iPhone could not connect to the service.
I thought maybe it has to do something with the name resolution, but why doesn't it use the IP-Address also published by the service?

 

[testheit]

Anyone an idea?

 

[nigels0]

Still would be useful to have this.