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Important note- I'm fairly sure this will break any DDNS services on the NAS (like the built-in Synology service you may have set up) because the service will report the VPN IP instead of the true IP.

I think the Advanced Settings feature(s) makes it so that if a request comes from the WAN side to the Synology LAN IP, that the Synology will respond using that same gateway instead of the VPN.

#Cant connect to nas vpn ipvanish download#

To find out for certian what IP address the Download Manager is using follow these instructions.įull disclosure- I'm not quite sure how this works. All of the Download Manager traffic should still be going through your VPN. Make sure both options are checked here in the Advanced Settings.Īpply everything and check to see if you can now access the NAS from the outside you should be able to. Now click on the Advanced Settings button. The gateway should be your VPN address, DNS can be whatever (I have my router with a fail-back to Google). Still in the Network Settings click on the general tab, you should see somthing like this. Here's the fix (not sure why this isn't better documented). While great for torrent security, this will cut off remote access to your NAS from outside your network. Once you set the service order to the VPN on top/first, all the traffic from the NAS will now go through the VPN. Assuming you connected correctly, you should be able to set the Service Order of the VPN by clicking on the Service Order button inside Network Interface.

#Cant connect to nas vpn ipvanish how to#

If you are using IPVanish and can figure out how to get OpenVPN to stay connected for more that 30-40 seconds let me know - I had to use PPTP instead.Ĭonnect to the VPN. Open up your Control Pannel and create a new VPN connection Here are the steps (I'm using IPVanish and a DS214play running DSM 5.1-5021) After much searching and testing, I've got it working. Essentially I was looking for a way to use a VPN for my torrents/Download Manager while still being able to access my NAS from the outside. I just wanted to share my setup with others that may be looking to achieve the same thing.