SMB Drive Access Issues over VPN (MacOS)

Hi there,

I recently snagged a DS1522+ on sale and started my NAS and personal cloud journey. Will, your channel has been instrumental, and honestly a godsend for someone like me, who dealt with some of this for the first time.

I’ve followed your OpenVPN video guide and triple checked all of my steps, but ran into a small issue.

  • The IP address used to connect to SMB over VPN cannot find/connect when the following setting is commented out: redirect-gateway def1
  • The IP address mounts the smb when the setting is enabled.

Why is this the case and is it possible to get the SMB drive to work by having the setting commented out? I’ve created two copies of the cert, one with the setting enabled and another with it disabled. My understanding is that when the setting is enabled, all traffic from the device is directed through the VPN tunnel, not just the traffic intended for the NAS.

All other apps and features are accessible regardless of the setting.

I’ve searched around and haven’t found a clear answer, and hope someone here may have an answer.

Thank you for your replies in advance.