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I have a Synology NAS that I would like to access while I'm away. I have set up OpenVPN on my NAS and can successfully connect to it. When I am connected though the shared folder does not show up in Finder like it normally does when I'm at home. I can Go to my folder but only by using it's IP address and not it's name. What I would like it to do is to show my NAS in the Shared column in finder automatically like what it does now.
I thought at first that it was because of the different subnets. By default OpenVPN was assigning IPs to 10.8.0.x and my home subnet is 192.168.1.x. So I changed OpenVPN to assign IP addresses to 192.168.2.x and changed the subnet mask on my router to 255.255.0.0. This did not solve the problem however.
Why is OS X not showing my shared folder when I'm connected over VPN and how do I fix it?
thndrwrks
Posted 2015-04-24T03:32:58.853
Reputation: 111
Is your DNS working over the VPN? What version of DiskStation Manager are you running? – aportr – 2015-04-24T03:39:20.327
I'll have to check the nameserver when I'm connected via VPN. I'm not running a DNS on my NAS though. I'm just using my router and it's default DNS (ISPs DNS). I'm running DSM 5.2 beta. – thndrwrks – 2015-04-24T03:50:52.160
Where is OpenVPN running; on your router, the NAS, or your computer? Might need to explain your network layout a bit more. – aportr – 2015-04-24T03:58:55.990
@thndrwrks did you ever find a solution to this issue. I am having the same problem now. – Dblock247 – 2019-09-08T12:46:30.440