# 5 Ways to Access Your Files From Outside Your Home **URL:** \ **Category:** Synology\ **Tags:** tutorial, vpn\ **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349 "2023-04-06T18:56:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rafe](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Rafe](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Rafe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/21 "2023-04-27T14:12:43Z")
What are the advantages of Open VPN vs L2TP? ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/will/32/14_2.png) [@Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/22 "2023-04-27T15:09:05Z")
L2TP is having a ton of issues, due to the fact that Cisco owns the protocol. OpenVPN in my experience is wayyy stickier and more compatible! ---
**Author:** ![Rafe](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Rafe](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Rafe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/23 "2023-04-27T15:21:56Z")
Actually just saw your video on Unifi 3.0 and wire guard, so looking to see if I can get Synology native support for Wire Guard. ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/will/32/14_2.png) [@Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/24 "2023-04-27T15:22:34Z")
> [@Rafe](#): > > so looking to see if I can get Synology native support for Wire Guard. I would love that! But currently the only way is through docker ---
**Author:** ![Rafe](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Rafe](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Rafe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/25 "2023-05-02T00:22:47Z")
Actually since I have a Unfi Dream machine Pro and just downloaded the new 3.00.something OS. It came out of release candidate today. Setup WireGuard and I can SMB into my NAS once the connection is set!! BTW you mentioned living in Huntsville AL, I’m moving to Foley AL soon and will likely run some fiber as you did, is there a dongle available for Fiber to USB-C? I’m running an M-1 Mac Book pro but have not figured out how to get the high speed connection in to the computer. TIA ---
**Author:** ![peval](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/peval/32/333_2.png) [@peval](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/peval)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/26 "2023-05-05T20:17:27Z")
Is there any way to stop OpenVPN client to load automatically on the Mac? I would like to be able to open it whenever I need, like I can do with Tailscale ---
**Author:** ![DocEd87](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@DocEd87](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/DocEd87)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/27 "2023-06-04T06:02:56Z")
Thanks Will for these excellent tutorials; they’ve helped me learn a lot. I’m keen on using a VPN to access my files on Synology when away from home for the security advantages. I’d ideally like to use drive server (for the seamless integration and mobile app availability) But how do you manage the change in IP address of Synology when you are on your home network vs away and using the VPN? Many thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/will/32/14_2.png) [@Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/28 "2023-06-05T11:33:13Z")
> [@DocEd87](#): > > But how do you manage the change in IP address of Synology when you are on your home network vs away and using the VPN? That can be a bit of a pain on windows. If you use an OpenVPN server there is a 90% chance that the old IP will keep working ---
**Author:** ![JimBob](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JimBob](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/JimBob)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/29 "2023-06-11T17:04:15Z")
I have successfully set up Open VPN access on my DS920+. I can access DSM remotely, but my SMB configuration is a little flaky. I normally use an alias for my home server ie ‘smb://ServerName.local’ to access my SMB shares via my Mac rather than my servers IP address (smb://192.168.1.222), but the alias protocol doesn’t seem to work via Open VPN. I realize my servers IP differs when accessing via Open VPN and I can access the shares through the VPN by using smb://10.8.0.1 - which corresponds to the synologys ip via the vpn, but the alias I normally use does not work. Just curious if there are additional settings that would enable the alias via Open VPN - since I’m not referencing the ip it seems odd that this is something that doesn’t just work. ---
**Author:** ![Joss](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/joss/32/405_2.png) [@Joss](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Joss)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/30 "2023-06-12T11:28:39Z")
Another option: you can always ssh remotely into your machine and have access to your files. That would need port forwarding or a reverse SSH setup. Or, if you’re living on the wild side, you can use FUSE + sshFS to mount it locally as a file system. ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/will/32/14_2.png) [@Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/31 "2023-06-12T14:14:36Z")
So if you want to use the `servername.local` it doesn’t technically work. That .local only works on the exact same LAN. I go over it here > [@OpenVPN Access to Hostnames vs IP Address](http://forums.spacerex.co/t/openvpn-access-to-hostnames-vs-ip-address/425): > > Thank you Will for all the time and effort you put into your videos and the forum, been indispensable for a beginner like me! And too, wish you the best as you build this all out into fulltime career. I am a typical home user, lots of pictures, videos, documents, decided to migrate to a nas to manage and better protect. Found your YouTube site, watched your videos on the DS1522+ and ordered one. All has gone incredibly smooth. Love it. I do have one question regarding OpenVPN I cannot find … there **is** a way around it, but its janky. Might be worth it for you to check out! ---
**Author:** ![Floran\_Wolters](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/floran_wolters/32/410_2.png) [@Floran\_Wolters](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Floran_Wolters)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/32 "2023-06-15T14:45:08Z")
Hey Will, I saw some videos from you the last past days about starting with Synology NAS configs and it helped me so much, so thanks for that! But at this point i’m getting stuck and maybe the thing i want / i’m trying is not possible: Could i make a shared folder on my windows pc that’s been rooted via the NordVPN Services? I made the connection on the NAS but i’m stuck on the path it should be what windows is asking. Like to hear from you! ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/will/32/14_2.png) [@Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/33 "2023-06-15T14:46:46Z")
> [@Floran\_Wolters](#): > > that’s been rooted via the NordVPN Services? So are you trying to connect to the NAS via nordVPN? If so you would have to get them to open up ports, which I don’t think NordVPN does. Instead you could just use Tailscale ---
**Author:** ![Floran\_Wolters](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/floran_wolters/32/410_2.png) [@Floran\_Wolters](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Floran_Wolters)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/34 "2023-06-15T14:57:04Z")
And is it also possible to get that on an android phone? ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/will/32/14_2.png) [@Will](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/35 "2023-06-15T15:26:11Z")
You should be able to! They work with most client devices ---
**Author:** ![TechGuy83](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@TechGuy83](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/TechGuy83)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/36 "2023-07-31T18:14:26Z")
Has anyone use Option #5 (OpenVPN server) from an android Tablet to access files remotely on your Synology NAS? Suggestions? Which OpenVPN server should I use on the Android Tablet, I see a couple on Google Play store. ---
**Author:** ![Philipp](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@Philipp](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Philipp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/37 "2023-07-31T23:49:34Z")
> > > Zero-trust VPN app for use with Access Server & CloudConnexa® by OpenVPN... ---
**Author:** ![gmac](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@gmac](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/gmac)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/38 "2023-10-28T17:51:13Z")
I just configured my DS423+ thanks to your tutorial. 🙏. I was watching The Complete Guide to Remotely Access Synology NAS video when I came up with a question: so far, I’m using Quick Connect and Drive to access files on my Android smartphone and PC. Would I be better off connecting my phone to my LAN through VPN rather than Quick Connect and using Drive to access files that way? Is it more secure and maybe quicker as you are not relaying through Synology’s servers? ---
**Author:** ![LaDigue](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/ladigue/32/768_2.png) [@LaDigue](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/LaDigue)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/39 "2023-11-18T12:24:40Z")
Hi! Watched your YouTube video and got openVPN to work. (mac) Although I noticed that my external IP address on the Mac doesn’t change, is this ok? I can also access my Synology folder through it’s IP address in Finder. But I would like to access it via the servername. Rekordbox is accessing all my music files like this: volumes/music (music is a folder on the Synology). Is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![ishantdave](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/d6d6ee/32.png) [@ishantdave](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/ishantdave)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349/41 "2024-01-19T09:04:14Z")
What about assigning a static ip directly to Synology and accessing it with desktop applications ? [Previous page](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/5-ways-to-access-your-files-from-outside-your-home/349.md?page=3)