Can I use my Synology NAS as a VPN server?

How to setup OpenVPN on Synology VPN server?

I have a Synology DS1511 NAS which I have installed OpenVPN client on it so that I can connect to it from my home router and get access to the contents of the Synology NAS from my home network.

This works perfectly but recently, I wanted to have some kind of real time security monitoring on my files and have them backed up in case my home network goes down, so I've decided to setup OpenVPN on the Synology VPN server for that. I've done research and I have managed to figure out how to get OpenVPN running on the Synology VPN server but it seems like the OpenVPN client doesn't work on the Synology VPN server. How can I get OpenVPN running on the Synology VPN server?

Synology NAS as a VPN Server. OpenVPN on Synology NAS. Step 1: Install OpenVPN on Synology NAS. For this tutorial I'm going to use free version of Synology vpn client which you can download here. Download the ZIP file you need and extract the contents of the archive somewhere. I'm assuming that your Synology NAS is already connected to your home router (via Ethernet or Wi-Fi) because this is the first thing we need to do so that we can install OpenVPN on Synology.

Download the OpenVPN ZIP file you need. Extract the contents of the ZIP file. Step 2: Open Synology Admin Interface. Once you have extracted the ZIP file you need to open Synology Admin interface. Go to Network -> VPN Connections and click Create VPN Connection.

Connect your Synology NAS to your home router. If you already have VPN connection and settings set up you just need to go back to Network -> VPN Connections -> Select VPN Connection -> Click Add/Select. Click OK if prompted to allow changes to your Synology NAS and proceed with the installation of the OpenVPN client. You'll get a popup message that the installation of the OpenVPN client on your Synology NAS is successful and you can check the status of the installation by clicking on the OpenVPN button in the top-right corner. Clicking it will take you to another page which will show you the status of the installation.

Does Synology have a VPN client?

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A quick Google search turns up the Synology VPN for OS X.

There is no reference to a VPN client for anything but Linux in the FADoes Synology even sell such a thing? How do you connect to a network using Linux VPN in a Synology NAS if it doesn't have a standalone VPN client? There are no answers there (if there are questions) anywhere, so I'm wondering whether this is because 1) the manufacturer of my NAS did not feel the need to license a VPN client or 2) they assume their customers aren't Linux-heads. I know I can get VyprVPN on Ubuntu and connect through SSH to their public proxy. I'm wondering what the equivalent Synology operation would be.

This seems to be related to: How do I connect to a website with my NAS? Update: I found a link to a VPN/proxy for Linux on their website. The product that is linked to is more or less an open-source version of OpenVPN. It's meant to sit on top of another Linux distribution. Here's a rough how-to:

How do I use the OpenVPN for Linux distribution? If you installed the openVPN packages by default, go to your preferred editor and edit the file /etc/openvpn/opennpn and add the following: push /etc/config/cobra. Route 0.0 255.0 0.0
Then restart your service, so: sudo /etc/init. Connection successful This also means that you can also set a static IP and bypass the server IP. I also got it to work for me on a Linux Debian server. The only addition was sudo nano /etc/init.d/openvpn and replacing the commented out start with:

Openvpn --daemon /etc/init.d -c /etc/openvpn/server.

How do I setup a VPN client?

I am currently setting up VPN using this guide which looks like a nice easy way of creating VLANs with dynamic IP addresses on OS X.

My question is how do I setup my VPN client as the OSX VNC Viewer doesn't seem to have all of the packages required (like OpenVPN). Is there a different way of creating a VLAN in order to connect to the local network which uses an openvpn client which will help in getting that stuff installed?

VLANs are nothing more than a way of moving all traffic destined for a particular IP address out of the usual path through the ISP's network and onto another subnet entirely. OpenVPN will do this same thing when you set up a tun/tap interface on your MacBook, so your ISP will not even be aware of that setup.

Can I use my Synology NAS as a VPN server?

I have a Synology NAS at home that I use to stream media.

When I do this I connect to my ISP's VPN, but the problem is my wife uses her iPhone through which it connects, and her phone isn't really secure. If I used my NAS to connect to a VPN she couldn't access files in the directory, nor was it possible for her to use the NAS as a server on her computer, which is what I actually want.

I don't need to transfer any data over the VPN, I just need to protect the NAS and I can leave my iPad in my car which has Wifi hotspot on it if I need it, so it would all be fine. There are services out there that will give you the ability to connect to your Synology through VPN. Here is one that I am familiar with.

Synology VPN. In order to connect from home using Windows, Mac or Linux machine, it's a little bit of a setup, but nothing beyond the usual set up of port forwarding on your router. 1 - At the NAS, log into the web interface and go to the 'Network' options by clicking on settings at the bottom right of the page (see figure below). 2 - Click on the 'VPN' tab, and then click 'Start VPN Server'. 3 - You will be asked to create a password for the server, enter it in and then select whether you'd like to create an SSL connection. You'll need to do this unless you already have a certificate, but if you have one already, you can skip to step 4.

4 - Click on the 'Certificate' button. In the popup, select a certificate that is suitable for your IP address. Then click on the 'Create' button. When it has finished, a window will pop up telling you that it has generated a key and saved the private key in C:UsersusernameAppDataRoamingSynologyRAPPOR

Once that is done, you will need to create a certificate for your server, so that people have a way of connecting. To do this, use WinSCP on the Windows client. You will need to enter the details of the certificate, and then download the pfx file that is created.