I am somewhat of a n00b when it comes to networking so please forgive if this is a silly request!
As in title, I have setup VPN server on my router (Asus RT-AC86U). I am able to access the router and another device (printer) remotely. I am unable to access any NAS services.
I was able to access all NAS services when I checked ‘turn on multiple gateways’ under network setting s-> advanced but I have since turned this off as I believe it was the wrong thing to do and it stopped my docker containers talking to each other.
I have setup the appropriate firewall rules for the IP range assigned by the VPN server and turning off both router and NAS firewalls does not make any difference to the outcome anyway.
I am completely at a loss as to why I can access some LAN resources (printer) but not the NAS. This leads me to believe it is something to do with NAS settings? Hopefully someone can help me out!
Thanks
I use Synology connected to my ISP router DMZ port and configured as VPN server. When I dial the VPN connection (to synology, via the supplied DNS) I get a LAN IP from the router and then I can access all LAN devices- and all internet traffic will be router via my ISP.
That’s weird, normally if you vpn in and can access router you should be able to access other services running on your local area network, unless there is a specific firewall on the NAS that deny the access.
Just to confirm, on your nas > control panel > network > network interface > vpn is not configure, correct? Based on your statement the vpn is configure on router, correct?
Yes I am running VPN from the router and the network interface VPNs are off …
However what I had done was install and start the VPN server on the NAS a while ago then completely forgot about it when I went back to setup via the router. So the subnets allocated were the same. Once I disable that (and changed router VPN subnet just in case!) it worked a treat!
Thanks for the inspiration to check the syno VPN server!