I have been trying and following multiple post and guidance, but I am still failing to setup my windows explorer network drive mapping to my NAS. I have no problem accessing through “//home”. But that can only work if I am in the local network. When I move outside of the local network, it never works.
Really appreciate if can provide the guidance / steps through the setup. I do not prefer to go through any VPN which few said it can be done so.
Thanks in advance.
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If I understand you correctly, you are trying to see your NAS from an off-site computer over the internet (not directly connected to LAN) using Windows File Explorer?
Yes. Exactly. Appreciate if you can guide me through the steps.
When accessing files on your NAS using smb over the internet there is only one secure way to do it. Watch this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBXlZf7gSwc&t=10
You can also use the WebDAV package to do it. There are lots of videos on setting up WebDAV…
I managed to set it up and it works fine for me all the while. Just recently, since 1 week ago, it failed to connect to my NAS system OpenVPN cannot establish a connection and prompted as “Time Out”. At the same time, I keep on seeing notification from OpenVPN Connect showing “The network you are using may require authentication. Click to visit captive portal login page!”
Any idea how to fix this OpenVPN “Time Out” issue?
Thanks.
I suggest starting by looking for a newer version of the OpenVPN client software. I use OpenVPN Connect software, and I need to keep it up to date to prevent timeout issues.
If you have made any recent changes to your OpenVPN server’s settings that might be the problem. If you’ve updated the verification settings pictured below by enabling them when they were disabled then you need to export the new .ovpn configuration and install it.
Also, review this excellent “how to” on installing OpenVPN on you Synology NAS and visually compare that the set up you have now is consistent with the tutorial.
It would also be helpful by describing or providing screenshots of your VPN setup. What version of DSM are you running, what version of OpenVPN are you using, what are your VPN server settings, etc?
Thanks for the quick response.
I have a NAS setup at home and another NAS setup at office. OpenVPN connection to office NAS is working fine. But facing “Time Out” when trying to connect to home NAS. Hence, I think it is not OpenVPN client issue. By the way, I have updated it to 3.5.1 (3946) version.
I suspect it is a “port forwarding” setup issue. When I used PortCheckTool.com, it prompted time out.
DSM version: DSM 7.2.1-69057 Update 5
OpenVPN version: 3.5.1 (3946)
VPN Server setting
All advice are appreciated. I have been trying ways but still can’t resolve the issue.
Thanks in advance.
Maybe you need to define the internal port as well in your router to enable port forwarding.
Depends on router. For many the internal port is automatched to the external port when unspecified. You can see from the VPN settings that this user’s internal port matches the forwarded port.
Unfortunately I still couldn’t fix this issue. I believe something not working right on my router’s port forwarding. And the DDNS of Synology. I can see this error prompt.
I also got below info when doing Router Configuration test connection.
As indicated, something not setup correctly on port forwarding. Any idea / advice how to resolve this?
Are you able to reach anything, that requires port forwarding, from outside your LAN? If not, maybe you have a CGNAT WAN IP. You must rule that out!
Check out Tailscale. Will recently did an excellent video explaining it. https://youtu.be/fL0sbPGqHv4?si=yisugGFXJqPvN_F-
I am trying out Tailscale to have a VPN connection to my Synology NAS. I have install Tailscale through Synology Packages and being able to connect to it outside of my local area network.
Question now is how can I add my other NAS user to this tailnet? I am login in the tailnet using my google account. How can I add other NAS user to this tailnet and access to Synology NAS?
Why not use the VPN server which comes with your router?
Any advice how to do that? I am not having problem with DDNS and Port Forwarding. I cannot login to DSM with my DDNS address. OpenVPN also cannot establish connection using DDNS address.
Does your home NAS say your DDNS connection is normal? You should be able to type the DDNS URL for your home NAS into your office’s browser and connect to it. (Just don’t log in.) This will tell you if you are able to make a connection in the first place.
Also, maybe you’re timing out because you don’t have a firewall rule opening the port to the outside on your router. You need to make sure all ports forwarded on the router and NAS have complimentary firewall rules on the router and NAS. I run VPN servers on two of my four diskstations.
My Router’ firewall:
My NAS firewall:
I restrict outside connections at my NAS. I only allow my office’s WAN IP into my home NAS even though my router’s firewall rule is wide open to all outside IPs.
