OpenVPN Server on Synology NAS! Full Setup Tutorial to Security Connect Back Remotely on Mac or PC!

[@davidgallant4245]

For months now I've been exploring ways to connect remotely back to my home lab data centre when I am traveling and in that time I have watched tens of other videos on everything from VPN solutions, VDI, private cloud, cloudflare stuff and a whole host of others. Then I remembered the Spacerex videos I used when I set up my Synology NAS and how clear, concise and informative they were. I looked on my NAS to see if there was a VPN solution and sure enough there was, I immediately thought you had to have a video and thank goodness you had one. The video was simple straightforward and walked through everything amazingly well. In my career I've made a ton of how to guides, videos and hosted way to many webinars and speaking sessions, I'll say KUDOS to you for the work your putting out. Keep it going, amazing work. Thanks, again and again.

[@paulscarborough1001]

Dude, all of your Synology NAS videos are excellent! Easy to follow, great detail. Best Synology series on KZbin!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Glad you like them!

[@Turburki]

I just found your channel while trying to learn how to setup openvpn on my newly purchased Synology Nas. Subscribed and I think you deserve more subs for sure with the quality of content given here ! 👍🏻

[@SpaceRexWill]

Thanks! I have actually been blown away by the support I have gotten so far! I started about 4 months ago without a clue how to make a video, though luckily I had a background in photography. Always glad when people enjoy my videos!

[@Turburki]

@@SpaceRexWill You said you started 4 months ago!? Then you have my support even more....That is good work indeed and didn't expect you to have started only 4 months only. I also have a question....is it possible to run OpenVPN as a client on the nas after setting it up a server?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Under network interfaces there is a VPN part. I am 99% OVPN is supported. And thanks! It had been a fun ride so far!

[@apugupta5038]

The best tutorial for getting OpenVPN working on a Synology NAS out there - I was able to get it up and running following the steps that you outlined on both Mac and Windows systems without any issues. Thanks very much and well done!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Glad you liked it!

[@apugupta5038]

SpaceRex btw it was also a breeze to get the VPN working on my iPad Pro. Thanks again!

[@cyberwasp461]

I'll have to say, this is the best tutorial on OpenVPN I've seen. I've followed others but have always had the feeling something was missing. Which turned out to be the static ip on the router. Luckily my isp's router let me set it up. Thank you for your tutorials as they are so easy to follow.

[@meltpoolmartin772]

Great tutorial for setting up an OpenVPN server in a Synology NAS. One additional hint that provided me headache for some days is to check that the NAS firewall settings are also applied for the VPN interface and not only for the “default” LAN. I always had a VPN connection, also from outside my network, but this silly mistake prevented me from entering all other network devices.

[@n8boyd]

Thanks for sharing this! I hadn't thought that the Synology Firewall was also applying to the VPN... but it makes sense. I wasn't able to connect with anything else on the VPN network from my clients until I opened up the Firewall.

[@pierreautran5970]

Nice. I was missing the static route concept to get back to vpn clients explained at 12mn. Very simple and clearly explained, whereas other folks seem to indicate that site to site vpn is needed for that. On fact, ont at all. Thanks

[@PatentFinance]

This guy is a godsend -- where would synology be without him! Give this man equity in your company synology!

[@AlexRapada-ft6tm]

You are killing it with all the great content for synology! gold mine of info! Keep it up!

[@SpaceRexWill]

thanks! really means a ton!

[@IamDerick]

Thanks not only for the walk through but the explanation of each setting. I understand the connection much better now. Cheers!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Glad you liked the video!

[@francoisdurocher4951]

Your video is excellent and in my book No 1. Listing to other KZbinr on the subject over the last few months I never was able to install correctly OpenVPN on my Synology server. This afternoon I followed, step by step your instructions. Two hours later in the parking of a coffee shop, I was able to map a Synology directory in Window using the Synology VPN serve.. YOU MADE ME DO IT RIGHT. One thing I will be trying to change is the VPN port on the external, network side...for additional security from hacker. In my book you are the best❗️

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey thanks! Glad you like the channel!

[@finkling]

This is sensational! Great pacing, perfect instructions and worked effortlessly. I needed a way to access my docker containers while away from my home next month, and this was exactly what I needed. Thanks so much!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@StanimirTodorov]

@@SpaceRexWill Can used be a domain name and cloudflare to secure the ip address for VPN connection?

[@DSteuber0352]

Outstanding. I was about 95% "there" come to find out with my own tinkering and this got me over the finish line. Excellent explanation to nail home the concept as well.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey glad it was helpful!

[@joshs1709]

Dude, you are the man! You had some great tips that other tutorials totally missed, like auto setup of port forwarding, static IPs and IP routing! I clicked some ads so I hope you get some revenue. One thing you may have missed is configuring the client software to point to the DNS server on the VPN, and also enabling full tunnel mode, but it wasn't too hard to figure out in the end. I also kinda wonder about security of this setup, but perhaps beyond the scope of this video. I believe the compression option is insecure, as well as a couple other things. Anyway, this is very valuable info, thank you!

[@filhodosapo7794]

You're the man Rex. I was frustrated on how to config open VPN correctly on a Mac, thankfully your video has saved me. Cheers mate

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey thanks!

[@vascocerqueira]

Awesome tutorial, I also tried to do it on my iPhone and now I have remote access to my folders on the iOS files app like it was an attached drive. Love it. Thanks for your great tutorials.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey glad it helped!

[@paulwilkinson8717]

Followed to a T and was perfect. Thank you. Wanted this to access pihole remotely running on my Synology server but will come in massively handy.

[@_Winfried_]

Worked Nicely, just make sure to put the dynDNS Hostname in your openVPN Config instead of the currrent dynamic IP, as the latter will obviously change frequently

[@kazespielt]

Thank you so much! Ive stucked on the router configuration. Not a single website does have mentioned this! Now it works! Thanks!

[@jgnoachian]

Thank you so much for this great walkthrough. I've been wanting to set this up for years and finally did. Only took as long as your video!

[@harry-kas]

@SpaceRexWill Thank you for your excellent videos on Synology. In the video about OpenVPN you mention that you have a Synology router. Since I have to change my defective Cisco-router I should like to know which router you use. You showed that your router has PnP which made it much easier to get OpenVPN working. Thanks in advance!

[@dragonjarl]

Spacerex does it again! This is a great tutorial. The best thing about this and the other videos is that the pacing is so well timed and the explanations of why we are doing this is clear to the lay man. Keep up the good work. Subbed and Liked :-)

[@christianarn1966]

Great instruction. The best I have seen regarding remote VPN access to Synology! Well done.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Glad you liked it!

[@candicesingh5737]

In 2022, has your opinion changed on which option is best for securely accessing your Synology NAS remotely (Tailscale/Wireguard vs Quick Connect vs OpenVPN)? Can you use all three at once or is that overkill? Thanks so much!

[@gheselledirk]

WORKS LIKE A CHARM! Had some difficulties with my Telenet modem for port forwarding (Belgium), so i suggest to get another router and configure it through DMZ. Thanks !!!!!!

[@hinhtran7640]

Hi SpaceRex, I'm truly grateful for your excellent video. Your clear explanations and real-world examples made it easy for me to understand the material. Thank you for sharing your expertise and creating high-quality educational content. You've had a positive impact on my learning experience and I'm sure others have benefited as well.

[@hinhtran7640]

I'm using a Google Mesh Router instead of a Synology Router. Although I have successfully set up OpenVPN and can connect to my Synology NAS, I'm facing difficulties with RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) access to local computers. I would appreciate any suggestions you have to make RDP work in this setup.

[@ButchHammer]

Hello, I don't have to possibility to configure "static route" within my Google Nest Router but I think I got a workaround for all of us in that case: add the route within the exported open vpn configuration file. To to this simply edit the downloaded "open vpn configuration" file with any text editor and add "route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0" on any line of your choice. Reload the configuration file it was already done and you should be ready to access your network lan devices as expected

[@firewire3212]

Excellent tutorial, worked like a dream. I just had one question, is it possible to set up the connection on a port other than 1194?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yes! All you need to do is change it in your router, and your config file. I think you can also set it in the VPN settings

[@TheCynysterMind]

I like to set up DHCP with reservations for known devices. This way if there is a conflict or some sort of glitch or conflict the devices will still grab an IP and will be accessible. Just look at the "Attached Devices" in your router to find the new IP address and you can see what grabbed the other.

[@michaelibeling3391]

Thank you! It is unbelievably hard to find confirmation of the ability to run a program from a computer on the local network through the VPN. I will now move forward with my NAS purchase.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Most programs will work. Few might require some L2 functionality which does not work over this type of VPN. But in my experience pretty much everything should

[@richardastroud8750]

Very constructive. Nicely presented in a digestible pace. Thank you

[@wfp9378]

This is great. So far this is the closest tutorial i have found to setting up a remote Synology to Synology backup solution. Do you have one specifically for this?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKXCcn6CpNylgtk

[@dbpike]

@@SpaceRexWill I just picked up my second NAS within 6 months and getting ready to deploy original one to a remote location as offsite backup. Is there an advantage to setting up VPN between these two or just use the QuickConnect as recommended in the other video? The first NAS was a Synology "j" class machine and a huge mistake as a NAS Newbie. However, as it is really only useful for Data Storage, it will make a perfect, albeit, expensive, off site backup. Just wondering how best to connect them.

[@dianaahlers7890]

Thanks a lot Will!! I've become a fan of yours now :). I am very new into the Nas world which is somewhat a little overwhelming but your videos have helped me tons. Thanks a lot!!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey thanks!

[@dianaahlers7890]

@@SpaceRexWill Will, I have one question. After following your instructions everything worked perfectly with openvpn, I went away for a few days and when I came back the vpn wasn't working anymore. I went through it again step by step and I found that the IP address created in the DDNS section, changed by itself, is that normal??

[@CharlesKerr]

This is absolutely amazing - thank you so much! One question: I have an option to "Get a Certificate from Let's Encrypt and set it as default" - should I do this, what's the benefit?

[@DBR00]

I really like your videos I subbed. One suggestion, can you tell everyone at the start which DSM version you’re using and which ones are supported on the lesson that’s being taught. This would be helpful because some packages and features are not available on every DSM version. Thanks

[@SpaceRexWill]

Ah I originally did that. Ended up taking a long while. Might add it into the description or something

[@albie1]

the static route solved all my problems !! thanks

[@jdittmarphoto]

I would love to see you speak about optimizing the speed of this set up. Right now I'm only getting about 5mb/s up and down through the VPN. My local is about 10x that and home network the NAS is on is 15x that. I wonder where the bottle neck is happening?

[@KaplanAkincilar]

Great video, follow-up, previously, I connected to my server locally using just the name of the server. In this example, let's pretend my server was called "Kaplan". Since I'm on windows, I'd do the following Network --> Map a New Drive then I'd type: \\kaplan\example When local, I could connect, however, over openVPN, I lost that ability. Great tutorial BTW. one more question? If we're only using the VPN to remote back into the server, then should we establish a certificate for local access as well? Whenever I connect and browse, I'm doing it locally, so how do I have a "local network" certificate SSL?

[@HanpingXu]

Thank you so much for doing this serial of tutorials about Synology, I learnt a lot. A quick question on this Openvpn Server in Synology, say I am now using a public unsecured WiFi, by conneting back to synology in home via OpenVPN, does this mean all my data exchanged with internet goes through synology in home too? If so, does this mean that if I travel overseas, I can still watch Netflix of US? Thanks again, keep up.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yes it does!

[@gregkeeyako]

Another excellent tutorial! Thank you.

[@VideoNOLA]

16:40 Came here hoping to learn how to access files back on my PC (which shares the same local network as the Synology NAS hosting VPN Server), using the OpenVPN app from my Android device, and not really sure this tutorial is gonna show me how... still watching. If it did, I missed it.

[@cafecaju7197]

Great instructions. I still struggled a bit to get the connection to work and need to give it another try.

[@MyGagm]

Thank’s SpaceRex for this tutorial. Still a question: Open VPN has your inlog to Bill, so how secure is this? And you have to make an account at Open VPN. Do you have to ‘trust’ Open VPN? In general love your tutorials, sometimes the end piece is a bit quick for me to understand all. I have to learn more to understand and see your tutorial more often probable. Thank’s again. Geert

[@jjr1174]

Hi Spacerex, great video to follow. do you have a tutorial on how to change the IP address that the router gives out. That is the only step I am having issues figuring it out.

[@aesres]

Rex Great video, as always. However UPnP on router where synology is conected, should be activated for establishing a vpn connection outside the network?

[@MBimmer]

Yet another great video watched from the future. Thank you.

[@TG3RIMM]

great video, subscribed to the channel and will definitely follow more of your great content, keep it up!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Thanks, will do!

[@sonthonaxvernard5917]

Love this video. I have a Synology 218+ Nas and recent purchased a Qnap 653d. I'd love to use a VPN server that's hosted by me but I'm concerned about my speeds. I have a 10gbe connection but most of my devices use 1gbe on my asus 10gbe router. I used express VPN and surf shark for Open VPN and saw my average wifi of 600mb up and down drop to 100mb. Would the personal VPN give me better speeds depending on the Nas I install it on?

[@theruckman]

Your videos have been GREAT helping me setup a NAS for my client. One big question I have is about above VPN video: does a different config file need setup for each user? Here is my deal: I created a test user (user1) with access to a private folder...accesses that folder just fine. THEN I created another user (let's say user2) and did NOT give him access to this private folder, I dragged the same config file to OpenVPN and created another profile with user2 credentials, signs in just fine, in OpenVPN, its shows user2 connected -but on the Synology desktop it still shows user1 as connected! AND YES, user2 can access the private folder -I do not want that of course. So again does this mean I need to export a NEW configuration file specifically for user2 so he doesn't have access to folders he shouldn't? Thanks to anyone that can chime in

[@etprata]

Great tutorial. keep up with the good work. When will you make a docker wireguard VPN tutorial video on DSM 7 ?

[@lonelygrayling]

Thanks Bill! Excellent tutorial, very good job!

[@kenwright6647]

Hi, thanks for the video, it has been very educational, and I was good right up until the point you mentioned exporting certificates and accessing via windows or mac. I have been using quick connect to allow family to connect to my nas using DSVideo on a firestick. Performance however has recently become dire, so was hoping to use this instead to get a secure direct connection. Are you likely to produce a video for that use case please? Could just as easily apply to plex or emby I suppose, but will usually be from a firestick, or a mobile phone or android tablet. I just think there is a bit of a gap for that on KZbin, and right up your street. Much appreciated anyway.

[@TNL5630]

thanks for the video as promised ! everything is working fine !

[@SpaceRexWill]

Awesome! Was a tutorial I needed to make!

[@ARTIFEX42]

In External Access, if I previously had Router Port 5001 with Protocol TCP setup, do I delete that one? I'm guessing the UDP takes care of the access it was giving? I'm a novice at this but love your videos. They have been super helpful.

[@doriitostv]

Router configuration fails every time, what can I do? My "setup router" works fine

[@jamesdavenport9992]

I am confused about something. i have set up VPN per this tutorial and it works awesomely. thank you so much SpaceRex for this video. But, i keep reading about man in the middle attacks how i am susceptible to them. if VPN creates a tunnel that others can not see, then is login and password protected, and then encrypted besides, i don;t understand how i can be very vulnerable. 1. This setup is encrypted traffic correct? 2. if i am vulnerable can i create TA.key and CA.key i have read about on my synology? if so do you have a video for this? Please respond. i would gladly pay you a consulting fee. i really want to understand this and have a secure set up. thanks jimd

[@miguelbarajas9892]

Will, your channel is amazing. This is what I needed, thank you so much!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey thanks!

[@jigsound]

Seems quite complicated. Is using VPN essential security-wise for the use case where a local Synology is to be backed up to another remote Synology via HyperBackup once a week?

[@gertwallen]

Hi Rex, I have the NAS behind a wired router that has its own OpenVPN capability . So is it better to run the VPN from the NAS or from the router? From what I read the VPN should never be on the device, always better to run it from the router. Also, I read that the OpenVPN version Synology uses is years out of date and doesn't support recent crypto ciphers. What's your take? thanks

[@fzovko]

Another outstanding video. I am becoming a Synology master thanks to you.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Thanks! It’s quite the rabbit whole

[@cameronduran5549]

Thank you Will, this is great information!!! My son wants to make a separate Minecraft server that he and his friends can access via openVPN. I want to make sure that they don’t open any unnecessary or dangerous ports to avoid any vulnerabilities to my network. Will they have access to the entire network or only the Minecraft server (which is on an older independent macMini)? I am using both a Synology NAS and Router and all the computers are Macs if that helps...

[@you2bRyan]

Thank you! This was very helpful.

[@dystoniaify]

I'm thinking about buying a synology NAS, but I have only one ethernert port in my apartment connected to an xfinity gateway router. I heard that Xfinity routers have trouble with connecting to a NAS. Should I contact the xfinity to a second router? I'm not extremely tech savvy.

[@AZ-ob3py]

Great video. Likely stupid question: I went through the setup and was able to test my NAS access via SMB using a hotspot (using auto DHCP IP), but as a test I disconnected the Open VPN Connect, closed the program and was still able to access my NAS via SMB while on the hotspot. I even unchecked "allow clients to access server's LAN" in VPN Server settings, and was STILL able to access my NAS via SMB while on the hotspot. Does that mean my connection is open and anyone can access my NAS?

[@T4eT0pH4t]

Hi. Thanks for your great videos. Backup on another synology via vpn. You discussed the topic briefly but didn't say exactly how I do it. How do I need to proceed with the backup Synology?

[@mikaelmatusiak9416]

This used to work perfectly, but now I'm getting "Peer certificate verification failure". Please help to find error or issue!

[@seehauwong]

This is a really useful tutorial, I followed this to successfully set up remote access for my Sinology NAS. Recently replacing a router which does not recognise by synology end up losing the remote access. Can you show us what to do on the setting when switching router? Thanks in advance.

[@SpaceRexWill]

You will want to manually forward the given ports

[@neogeo9581]

What an amazing tutorial. Thank you!

[@jonathanmatthew5631]

What's the best openVPN client for ios (iphone / ipad)? Also, how do i connect to my DSM once i connect to the VPN? Do i just open the safari web browser in my ipad and type the static IP of my synology nas? (192.168.1.10)?

[@darveshbhutta750]

Thank you so much for the info. What is the most secure way for external access to allow you to view surveillance station (view CCTV on mobile on external network). This is the only requirement i have for external access. Is it possible to setup a VPN and require your mobile device to be on OpenVPN to view CCTV footage on DS cam? Is it worth the effort? OR should i just stick with quickconnect?

[@SpaceRexWill]

I would use OVPN or L2TP/ IP sec (not as stable but you phone will have a built in client for it) Just makes it more secure. (Check out my synology security tutorial)

[@softwareengineer9435]

TCP is superior than UDP if I remember correctly because the connection is verified on both sides of the communication.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yeah but that verification (just of the packet) takes a long time so UDP is faster (they both end up with all the packets on both ends)

[@softwareengineer9435]

@@SpaceRexWill I see, thank you.

[@juliociamarra]

I have OpenVPN working on my NAS and Windows 10 PCs and Tablets, however, now my sons cannot access my Emby Media Server remotely. They receive a "Private Network Error". I believe this is happening because I have remote access to my Emby Server through a separate Domain/DDNS (Google Domains), SSL Cert (Let's Encrypt) and Reverse Proxy (built into NAS). Could there be a conflict with the domains and/or certs? I followed your excellent instructions completely, should I have done something different due to my Emby configuration for remote access? Thank you - AGAIN

[@schwalbea]

Thanks for this I'm looking forward to trying this out.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Good luck!

[@stevenc.181]

Quick question, I think this is exactly what I need minus the SSH, or connecting to the computer that is remoted into my network, basically, the step explained 11:34 If I skip this step, can other users still remote into my NAS? This is for my small business and I need my employees to access this NAS remotely. Thanks for any feedback!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yes you can. If you do not have to remote from the local to the remote you are fine

[@dbpike]

Just discovered that adding the following line to your config file eliminates the missing certificate error: "client-cert-not-required". I'm connected and can see local devices via IP but not yet using server names. Another site suggested I need DNS Server Installed. So I will check that out. Also, I can't seem to get full tunnelling working despite uncommenting "redirect-gateway def1". Advice welcome.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey good info! Server names (hostnames) generally only work on the local domain. The way.I do this is run my Synology as a DNS server. But to be honest its a quite complicated setup and really a bit overkill when you can just remember the IPs

[@ArkadiJoutchenko]

Just tried to put it in config file, but failed. They'd changed it to `verify-client-cert none`. Anyway the client then stopped with the log `Options error: --verify-client-cert requires --mode server`. Unfortunately still cannot connect via OpenVPN (with and without this option) with the log line: `VERIFY ERROR: depth=2, error=unable to get issuer certificate: C=US, O=Internet Security Research Group, CN=ISRG Root X1, serial=...`

[@Skyless81208]

Ich hatte zwar den IPSec Tunnel von Synology NAS zu Synology NAS hinbekommen, jedoch konnte ich mich nicht als User per Huber Backup auf der Remote NAS anmelden. Ich habe zum Glück dein Video mit dem Hinweis zur Statischen Route gefunden. Diese dann bei mir auch eingerichtet, und ab dann funktionierte alles. Danke für den Tipp, den fand ich sonst nirgends!

[@RVTKZCE]

Hiya, is it safe to have open ports on a router for a remote access ? I watched loads of your videos and it helped me to setup my new Nas thanks for that ! Great job creating this tutorials!:) 🥳

[@SpaceRexWill]

It just depends on how secure the protocol is that you are on! VPNs are very strong so ok to open up

[@RVTKZCE]

@@SpaceRexWill ok thanks mate 👍 and all the best in NY !🥳

[@vwebsites]

Quick question - Can you run your docker containers using VPN from this tutorial ?

[@techcavetoday]

I followed your video on a windows 10 computer but unfortunately i cant connect, any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong?

[@rvldj]

Hi, this is a GREAT tuturial. I installed it with DSM 6.x.x and it worked great. Than I upgraded to DSM 7 and ........:(. OpeneVPN connect opens with bits in and out so there seems to be a connection to my Synology 720+ but 'Server can't be found'. I hope you can point me in the right direction. Thank you!

[@jasonharvey9649]

You can add the following to get rid of the certificate warning which you click thru to the VPNconfig text file, right at the end i.e before certstart client-cert-not-required

[@BrettDavidsonAdventures]

Have you any success with a Ubiquiti UDM Pro with a Synology NAS for VPN?

[@rapidraga]

What a brilliant tutorial! Thank you!

[@valeriosalerno]

Dear SpaceRex, thank you for your perfect and clear guide! I have a question: following these steps, I surf the Internet with the Public IP Address of my VPN-connected device, is there a way to surf the Internet with the Public IP Address of my VPN server (which is actually the Public IP Address of my fixed line ISP?). Thank you in advance, Valerio.

[@SpaceRexWill]

If you are talking about using the public IP where the Synology is then yes. You will want to disable split tunneling in your config. This will route all traffic through the VPN, not just local

[@valeriosalerno]

@@SpaceRexWill Thanks! I just remove the # before “redirect-gateway def1” in the configuration file. Thank you again for your quick reply!

[@honestview]

Can I use the VPN as I would use a standard VPN service like SurfShark/Express/Nord etc If I set up my Synology VPN in my home, then go traveling, can I use the VPN to bypass the restrictions of whatever country I'm in?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yes you could. Plus you would have the advantage that you would never get IP banned as it’s your real house’s IP

[@scottcarson19]

This makes perfect sense BUT everything I've researched indicates VPN should be installed on the router, not the NAS. The thinking was, let the router get attacked instead of the NAS (with precious data). Of course, that means the router gives a different "internal" IP that requires masquerading so this is much easier... But at the cost of security? Thoughts?

[@SpaceRexWill]

So this is just another option. Realistically both options are pretty much just as secure due to the fact that in either case if the VPN server becomes compromised the attacker would have local access to the NAS. Though I should note this happening would be incredibly unlikely. Mostly its easier to install on the router (if the router works well with a VPN server) because the router already handles routing

[@scottcarson19]

@@SpaceRexWill Agreed, and thanks for the reply! Any chance you have a tutorial on IP masquerading to get the router's VPN-based 10.8. internal IP to convert to the NAS's internal 192.168. IP?

[@interestingengineering291]

Easy to follow and understand

[@klassebip2934]

how does this work with for example Synology photos? if you want to upload all your photos to your NAS over the VPN. And how about OpenVPN on a Rpi? what would you recommand...

[@fordsrmaster]

Thank you so much for this video. I was able to create a open VPN connection to my home after watching this video. :-)

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey glad it worked!

[@jahcreator]

Any advice on how to get kylemanna/openvpn working? The container is set up properly but for whatever reason I cannot establish a connection to my server

[@vicwoo]

Thanks for all the great videos, question .. is opening up only port 1194 in my router enough or do I also have to keep the ports 5000 and 5001 open to acces dsm remotely?

[@SpaceRexWill]

You can close all ports other than 1194 as everything else will go over the VPN

[@vicwoo]

@@SpaceRexWill thanks!!

[@juliociamarra]

Thank you for yet another very helpful video for what could be a complicated subject. I have my PC's, laptops working as expected. However, I'm having a little bit of a problem connecting from my XS-Max iPhone. Can you provide any guidance or direct me to a resource? Maybe "OpenVPN to NAS via Smartphones" is a consideration for a future follow-up video ;) Thanks again.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Glad it was helpful! I think that's a good idea!

[@scottmckeown]

Great info in all of your videos. I believe I am having a problem with routing. If the Synology NAS has two ip address ( 192.168.x and a 10.10.x) and the VPN server is linked to the LAN address 10.10.0.1, is it possible to have VPN clients who connect successfully have access to the 192.168.x network? Clicking the box to Enable Clients access to Servers LAN only allows traffic to the 10.10.x network. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You

[@n1kkri]

I am looking for something simpler than this but use my Synology. I need to be remote but have the IP be my home IP for certain applications to work. I don't care about security or encryption. I have in the past run a simple program called FreeProxy from home and ran it in a very basic mode. I would enter the home IP address into Firefox as a proxy with a port. Now everything I did with Firefox looked like I was home. That's 90% of the goal and wanted to know if I can do this with my Synology 211j. The other 10% is using the proxy IP (home IP plus port) into other programs and have them think I am home using the home IP address. I now have a ddns and would use that instead of the home IP . Can you tell me if this can be done on the Synology.

[@LensdenChen]

Awesome video, thank you so much. While setting this up, I have encounter one issue. when I have removed the # from redirect-gateway def1 in the VPNconfig file, and for some reason, the gateway info did not redirect to the client laptop. do you happen to know what causes this?

[@Hulago666]

Hello Spacerex. I keep getting this message: the port forwarding service is busy synology. Any advice on what to do? Many Thanks in Advance!

[@rightclickgroup8434]

Hi THX FOR YOUR GREAT WORK! LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS Would love your opinion\help. I would love to give multiple users access to business Synology Server. Currently Im running Onedrive on all devices and sync to NAS. This is definitely not the way I want to do this. Question is what is my best route to give access to Files remotely and be able to Edit. This is where my mind is Now... 1. Onedrive/Google Drive - Very Limited - Specially on Mac and expensive if every user has 2-3TB of files 2. Synology Drive - I like what I see - BUT NO support on Mac for On demand Sync. Working remotely on large files will be too slow. So Have to download files to local hard drive. Which Onedrive/sync app does well. And can work on dowloaded files when have no internet 3. VPN - I never investigated but looks like it can work - But still be be very slow on working remotely right? And no access when there is no Internet? WHERE SHOULD I GO?

[@bendaas8446]

thank you for this detailed tutorial

[@ralphfasano1686]

Can I use this connection to backup my mac to a remote NAS with Advance Backup for Business?

[@davidras5907]

Great video. Thank you. Unfortunately, my personal router is behind my ISP's router and I'm having some difficulty in getting the openVNP connection working. Any suggestion? Thanks

[@SpaceRexWill]

Try manually port forwarding