LG TV remote DLNA access via VPN

[delos]

Hey everyone,

I'm new here, so first of all, hello I'm delos.

I own two LG OLED55G19 TVs, one at home and one elsewhere. At home, I have a QNAP NAS (TS451) with DLNA functionality. Accessing it at home works great.

The "Home" and "External" networks are connected via VPN. Thus, both networks have different network addresses.

Now I want to access the home network from the external network with the LG via VPN in order to integrate the DLNA server. The LG doesn't "see" the external server because it's not in the same network. However, I wonder why you can't just enter the IP address of the server in the LG.

Does anyone have a solution?

 

Many greetings
delos

[Tim Sandberg]

Hey Delos, Your LG TV isn’t detecting the DLNA server because DLNA relies on local network discovery (UPnP), which doesn’t work across subnets, even with a VPN. To fix this, you can try bridging your VPN networks to share the same subnet. If that sounds tricky, consider using a media server like Plex or Emby on your QNAP NAS—they’re perfect for streaming across networks and have LG TV apps. Ive been using purevpn with split tunneling or dedicated IPs, making remote access smooth for me. plus they are having some black friday deals as well... https://www.purevpn.com/vpn-deals