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This saved my night!!! I made a mistake at first, using my SOCKS login, instead of my primary PIA creds. But finally worked after I found your video, explaining how to use the PEM file.

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi HardwareCap Gaming, Glad the video helped you connect successfully to PIA!! Also appreciate the support on Buy Me a Coffee as well. Thanks so much!!

@DJS2k8

Жыл бұрын

I've been treying all night following several tutorials also using my socks login, your comment saved my life

Thank you for the comprehensive guide!

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@trippalhealicks You're welcome!! Happy to hear that the video was helpful!!

Great video! thanks for sharing.

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@johnvsf You're welcome!! Glad to hear that the video was helpful to you!!

just what I need!!!!

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Hieu, Glad the video was helpful!!

This exactly answered my question about how to use the NAS VPN client to route my Mac's traffic over a VPN! Now is it possible in the MacOS Network Preferences to set up certain specific routes (IP destinations) that will use the NAS VPN client as their router while letting other traffic use the default (non-VPN) router on my LAN?

Thanks for the video....I'm not sure if this is a client server VPN or a peer to peer vpn. I like to know what limitations might someone might have like using hyper backup, does this use ports, or can use quick connect

Thanks - Great Tutorial! One question - I also use PLEX on my Synology NAS. After setting up PIA, my remote eccess no longer works. If your familiar with Plex, any change of a guide for it? Thanks!

How do you find the port that PIA is using? Knowing the port is beneficial in order to have upload traffic with minimal throttling.

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@valerakukatov I found this knowledge base article that provides that port numbers that PIA uses -> helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/kb/articles/what-ports-are-used-by-your-vpn-service. Hope this helps?

hi master, currently my isp provider giving me private ip with dynamic ip address. also not able to do port forward. My question is can i use your method to overcome all these problem which allow me to have dedicated ip and able to port forward after use private vpn. Also, i can login to my synology NAS from outside. please advise, thanks

First of all I want to thank you as I have learned a lot from your tutorials. I have a problem. I followed all the steps carefully and both from the NAS and from the PC then configured, all traffic is on the VPN (I use NordVPN). However, as soon as I start the VPN connection, the port forwarding rules are disabled and consequently the NAS (with all the Photos services etc ...), is no longer reachable from the internet. I have enabled the item enable multiple gateways, to no avail. Is there perhaps a solution? Thanks in advance.

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ale, You're welcome!! I'm happy my videos have been helpful to you!! Regarding your issue, you won't be able to connect to your Synology NAS if it is setup as a VPN client and you've enabled Use default gateway on remote network. There are some options though that Synology has listed in their knowledge base article listed here -> kb.synology.com/en-ca/DSM/tutorial/Cannot_connect_Synology_NAS_using_VPN_via_DDNS. Hope this helps and good luck to you!!

@alel1531

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for your time. I have a NordVPN account and from a search on their site they say that maybe they will implement this feature in the future. By my choice, I don't use quickconnect, so let's hope for a better future.

Hello I have one question, what is the command line i have to type in the terminal for login

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mikkel, The command you need to run is "ssh @" where is the username of an administrator account on your Synology NAS. Hope this helps?

I see that PIA allows the purchase of a dedicated IP address. It would be great to see a video how to use that rather than using ddns and google domains or other ddns provider to point to this address. What do you think?

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Greg, I've read up a little bit on the dedicated IP address option offered by PIA and from what I can tell this is only available for use with their PIA desktop or mobile app (I think). It requires using a token that activates the dedicated IP and I don't think it is an option for Synology NAS connectivity. Let me know if you know otherwise and/or if I misinterpreted what you were looking to do please let me know.

Hello, thank you for all your instruction. I have a question. I succeeded to configure VPN client on NAS, now it is connected to VPN. I've downloaded the client also on a computer located in a different network and connected to vpn, with my same credentials. How can I reach the NAS from my computer? I want to access my NAS file using the VPN. What am I doing wrong?

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

Hi Elio, You're welcome!! If I'm reading your question right and you want to access your NAS through a VPN connection then you probably want to use the setup described in this video -> kzread.info/dash/bejne/iapopciTZJPYdqg.html. The video that you are commenting on will setup your NAS as a VPN client and I think you want to setup your NAS as a VPN server and connect to your NAS, from your computer, as the VPN client. Hope this helps? And best of luck in your setup!!

@elioscorner

Жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha thank you for your answer. Yes more or less we are speaking of the same argument, but from different point of view. My goal is to access NAS files also when out of my private network. The only way to do this is use VPN. I've already tried the VPN Server road, but I have also to open the ports on Router and my customer had recently a Randomsware attack and so he doesn't want open anything anymore. So my idea is this one: If I have an external VPN Server (Open VPN i.e.), I can connect to that Virtual Private Network from the NAS (as a client) and connect to the same network with a client (from a different location). If VPN is configured correctly, this trick should work. What do you think? Anyway, if I can't succeed in this way, I will follow your link, that is the right link for what I need. Thank you.

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@@elioscorner Ahh, I understand your setup better now!! I'm no networking expert, but the scenario you described should work if the clients are allowed access to other clients and I'm not sure if Private Internet Access allows that. If you do use a OpenVPN server that you spin up on a cloud provider, like Linode or Digital Ocean, you may have a bit more control on enabling this feature. Hopefully you do find a solution that works for you and please share your setup if you do. Good luck!!

@c0ldair

Жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha Thank you very much and have a good work!

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@@c0ldair You're welcome!!

Question, when you select the VPN location file does it have to be your region?

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mitchell, No it doesn't have to be. Actually you should select a region more so on the purpose of your VPN connection. Hope this helps and good luck with your setup!!

@mitchellkchang

2 жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha This helps and thank you. One more question, for some reason after I followed all the steps in your video and I go to the terminal to login to the NAS I keep entering the correct password but it won't let me access it. Is there possibly in your mind without seeing it something that is blocking access into it via the terminal ssh

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

@@mitchellkchang You're welcome! Regarding your logging into the terminal question, I'm not exactly sure what the problem is? What I would do though is check Log Center (from the Main Menu) and see if the logs provide you with some clues. Good luck to you!!

If use the synology vpn client to secure my nas connection can I still access my nas remotely?

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Carlos, You can connect to your Synology NAS remotely even if you are connected as a VPN client, but not on the same VPN protocol. In this video, for example, you'll be connecting to PIA as an OpenVPN client so you won't be able to connect to an OpenVPN server running on your Synology NAS (actually the NAS will complain letting you know this isn't possible). You should be able to connect to the Synology NAS through other services like L2TP/IPSec or Tailscale. Hope this answers your question and good luck in your setup!!

Hello Thanks for replying my family live in iran and i live outside iran ,they have used NordVPN to kontakt me but in the last few days NordVPN is blocked bye iranian regim i have buy a synology nas for make vpn for my family so they can come to internet through me.

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@beenaam You're welcome! If your family used NordVPN in the past I would assume other VPN service providers may give them similar issues, but if you haven't tried others you could try PIA or PrivadoVPN (both are linked in the description of this video). If none work then I would suggest trying to spin up a VPN of your own. Have a look at this video -> kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKp_pMlmiJrdpag.html where I go over doing that using OpenVPN spun up on Linode. Hope this helps? And best of luck to you in finding a solution.

@beenaam

Жыл бұрын

​@@digital_aloha Thank you for your kindness and support. best wishes to you and your family

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@@beenaam You're welcome!! All the best to you and your family as well!!

I tried multiple ovpn files and always get this in the end: The .ovpn file contains invalid parameters. Please import a differant file. I have a Sonology DS214play.

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lawrence, I read that if you see the error you received that you should edit the .ovpn file and change the line that reads "compress" to "comp-lzo yes". Here is a reddit post that mentioned this -> www.reddit.com/r/synology/comments/etawyw/dsm_and_vpn_the_ovpn_file_contains_invalid/. I never needed to do that so I didn't mention it in the video. Hope this helps and good luck to you!!

@fordtech6447

2 жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha Ok, I tried to open the file and no luck. Any suggestions on opening the file?

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

@@fordtech6447 Use a text editor to open and edit the file. Notepad on Windows or Textedit on the Mac will do the trick.

@fordtech6447

2 жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha I worked, thanks

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

@@fordtech6447 Great!! Glad it worked for you!!

This doesn't seem to work for me. I can ssh into the NAS and see the difference between being connected to the vpn vs not regarding the traceroute to youtube, that works, but when i follow the steps to configure another pc on my LAN to have a DG of the IP of my NAS, it connects to the network, but has no internet connection. I don't understand why that is.

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi L_Cash, I know setting up a public DNS server helped me when manually setting up the DG to my Synology NAS, but that should only really help with resolving hostnames. Not really sure what else to check... sorry. Good luck in figuring things out and let me know what you did if you figure it out.

Hi, what is the difference if you don’t check the box: Use default gateway on remote network?

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Phoenix, If you don't check the box to use default gateway on remote network then traffic will pass through your normal default gateway. This defeats the purpose of the VPN setup. Hope this helps?

@AIM54P

2 жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha Hi, thank you for your quick reply. I have setup the VPN client on Synology router since a couple of years. I did that exactly the same way you explained. However, I tried both options, with and without checking that box. In both cases the trafic is routed through VPN. I don’t see what’s the difference.

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

@@AIM54P Ahh, I see what you are asking. Interesting... My hunch is that this option overrides any entry in the ovpn configuration file that is used that may not route all traffic through the default gateway on the remote network. VPN services providers (like PIA) probably setup their configuration so everything is routed through their default gateway so you don't see any difference. Makes me want to experiment a little... Thanks for pointing this out!!

@AIM54P

2 жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha I Googled this so many times, searched the forums and on KZread for an answer but didn’t find any. Now, what you are suggesting makes sense and I had never thought about that one.

@digital_aloha

2 жыл бұрын

​@@AIM54P I did some testing and can confirm that the use default gateway on remote network box does change the behavior when setting up a Synology NAS as an OpenVPN client to another Synology NAS that is an OpenVPN server. If toggled on everything goes through the remote network, but if toggled off I was able to access the devices on the remote network, but all other traffic would go through the local default gateway.

How to use Wireguard instead of OpenVPN please ?

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

Hi Pushkar, I've been trying to figure out WireGuard for some time but I just can't quite get it working properly. If I do get the setup to work reliably I'll definitely release a video using WireGuard as a VPN client.

It’s working fine for the first VPN connection, however when I ser up a second vpn connection, it does not allow me to conenect unless I first disconnect from the other one. Why this nonesense. I want to connect 3 networks so that from my main office I can ping PCs at home and also at my secondary office. How do I do it? Thanks

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@tmrossello I haven't tried connecting to multiple VPN connections at once like how you described (I'll try this at some point when I have a chance). What I would also suggest is having a look at Tailscale which does exactly what you are looking to do. Check out this video to get started -> kzread.info/dash/bejne/qmuHuMSkeMSrkaQ.html. Hope this helps and good luck to you in your setup!!

@tmrossello

Жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha Thanks a lot, I am already using tailscale on some of my endpoints. However, I was trying to be able to ping pcs on all 3 networks from the NAS in my main office so that I can monitor everything with uptime-kuma which I host in the main nas.

Hello i need help, my family leave inside a country and i am outside i want to make VPN connection for my family i have buy a synology 118+ for this reason how can i do it plz help

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@beenaam I'd like to help you and your family but I'm unclear exactly what you are trying to setup. If you provide further details on the setup you are looking to create maybe I could help further. Who has the DS118+? What would you like to accomplish with the VPN connection? Wish you all the best in finding a solution!!

@beenaam

Жыл бұрын

@@digital_aloha Hello Thanks for replying my family live in iran and i live outside iran ,they have used NordVPN to kontakt me but in the last few days NordVPN is blocked bye iranian regim i have buy a synology nas for make vpn for my family so they can come to internet through me.

@beenaam

Жыл бұрын

Hello are you there. did you see my message

@digital_aloha

Жыл бұрын

@@beenaam I just replied to your previous message/comment. Hope the info helps and sorry for the delay in responding.