While the use for this is going to be minimal for most people, setting up NordVPN on a Synology device is a great way to ensure that all traffic is routed securely through NordVPN.Īs mentioned above, if you’re interested in running your own VPN server (meaning that you want to connect to your local network from outside of your local network), you want to set up OpenVPN. This tutorial looked at how to connect to NordVPN on a Synology. Conclusion: How to Connect to NordVPN on a Synology That’s it! At this point, all traffic through your NAS (assuming you selected use default gateway on remote network) will be routed through NordVPN and your connection will be secured. It should now be listed as the NordVPN server as opposed to your personal external IP address. If you’d like to test the connection and ensure that it’s working, SSH into your device and run the command below to pull the external IP address. After the interface is created, select Connect and the OpenVPN network interface should connect!ħ. This will ensure that all traffic is routed through NordVPN.Ħ. If you’d like all traffic to go through this NordVPN connection, select use default gateway on remote network.
If you want to ensure the VPN connection automatically reconnects if lost, select Reconnect when the VPN connection is lost. Modify the settings below to your requirements. ovpn file: Upload the OpenVPN file downloaded earlier.ĥ. Open the Control Panel, select Network, then Network Interface.Ģ. NordVPN Synology SetupĪfter you’ve downloaded the OpenVPN configuration file, run the steps below to add an OpenVPN network interface.ġ.
Search the page for the ID of the server you’d like to connect to, then download the UDP configuration file. The next step involves downloading the UDP OpenVPN configuration file on the NordVPN website. Using this example, the ID will be uk2406ģ. This is a combination of the country and ID. Using the example below, the configuration file we need to search for in the next step is us9577.
The easiest way is to connect to the server and note its ID. The next step is to determine the server that you’d like your Synology device to connect through. Sign up for a NordVPN Account as we need it to be able to connect on our Synology device.Ģ. We will look at how to connect to NordVPN on a Synology below.ġ. Conclusion: How to Connect to NordVPN on a Synology.How to Connect to NordVPN on a Synology.
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