Excellent, to the point, knowledgeable, clear voice, no background music!
@rg-web-design3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Instead of blanking out the form filling, it would be far better to use burner addresses so that people can see the exact criteria required. This would be far clearer to someone watching this (and other) instructionals. Some of us are total newbies.
@WunderTechTutorials3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the feedback and will keep this in mind moving forward. Thank you for watching.
@crystalfunky Жыл бұрын
Well if you're a newbie, how come I don't know what a burner address is?
@rg-web-design Жыл бұрын
@@crystalfunky Temporary address.
@JeremyAtchley2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful detailed video, and on point. I thought this would be a headache of a setup, but this walked me through it with zero issues. Thank you!
@BogdanTabarcea2 ай бұрын
Thak you for the great tutorial! I get that there are two main ways that you can access your synology NAS remotely. The first being a VPN server. But I failed to spot the second method since after using VPN there is the conclusion. So, a little bit of help on that second way. Thanks!
@mattschoular88442 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the informative videos. I just bought a Ds920+ and will be referring to a number of your tutorials.
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
Hoping that they help, thanks for watching!
@sumobo71082 жыл бұрын
Thanks to this video i able to solve as to why I can't connect to quickconnect issue,once I create a DDNS without VPN i can login to the quickconnect browser
@benventura100 Жыл бұрын
I followed every click, but the domain I set up is not reachable with my browser.
@TechMeOut53 жыл бұрын
What an excellent video. great work.
@WunderTechTutorials3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@tanglunghong2 жыл бұрын
Excellent, this has been helpful. Thank you.
@ankitwadhwa893 ай бұрын
Hi , can I know I am trying to access my synology NAS through the custom domain name that I purchased? May I know do you have tutorial for that how can I access the NAS using the domain name I purchased from bigrock.
@anandmu362 жыл бұрын
excellent . Easy to understand and follow. Can you make vedio for getting https connection working ?
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'll add it to my list!
@marcogaiazzi8328 Жыл бұрын
thank you! The DDNS access is now ok! Can i use it to remotely access the git server installed on my synology now?
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
Depending on if you exposed it, yes.
@ademkollari8992 Жыл бұрын
Hey Wundertech, thanks for the video. I am exactly in this situation, I am behind a double-nat (ISP modem/router combo). I understand the part about setting up ddns (using synology's service, check returns as normal), but I am not entirely sure how to proceed then setting up vpn server. This is what I intend to use it for. I would have wished if you proceeded to also demonstrate that part, or please, please, point me in the right direction. Again, I wish to access my nas externally through vpn, via ddns. Thank you in advance. P.S. loved your written tutorial on xpe dsm 7.
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, if you have a double NAT through your ISP, there's no way to set up a VPN server. However, you can use Tailscale which is a zero-configuration VPN and there's a package for Synology. I'd suggest looking into that: www.wundertech.net/how-to-set-up-tailscale-on-a-synology-nas/
@huckleberry582 Жыл бұрын
I was going to recommend Tailscale as well. I use it and it works great. I have it on my iPhone, iPad, Linux laptops and Windows machines. It works flawlessly for all of them.
@theshukans.weddings Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@timb80953 жыл бұрын
I don’t know how Internet providers work overseas, but here in the land of Oz, by default most ISP’s provide IPV4 addresses as Carrier Grade NAT which cannot be accessed externally. In order to have remote access working you need to request a PUBLIC IP address. I didn’t look at the other videos linked from this one, but it might also be worth talking about securing the NAS with Firewall rules once you expose it to the Internet.
@WunderTechTutorials3 жыл бұрын
I do know that a lot of people have CG NAT issues, but fortunately, there are a lot of ISP's here that don't use those. The security video goes over the firewall, so hopefully that section helps people!
@bnetanl Жыл бұрын
LOL you are paying an ISP that is literally denying you access to the internet but is simply selling you online privielges, what a smart ass ISP management model XD. I am sorry man, I would throw such business right into the trash and find a new ISP if I could. I can imagine your connection's reliability is also affected.
@timb8095 Жыл бұрын
@@bnetanl CGNAT has got nothing to do with outbound access to the net or reliability, both work just fine. CGNAT is really only an issue for inbound connections which only a small percentage of people actually require, most have no clue and life goes on just fine. Having said that, I’m on a public IP address (you can easily opt out of CGNAT if you ask). I don’t know what other options there are with IPV4, there are literally not enough public IP addresses to go around for everyone.
@bnetanl Жыл бұрын
@@timb8095 I admit the performance question is my own assessment but regarding having no IP distributed I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t sit well with that
@bnetanl Жыл бұрын
@@timb8095 about shortage of IP addresses I would let my ISP deal with that instead of denying it from their customers which is more like running away from a problem than solving if, it’s well well within their pay grade
@Cloutian5169 ай бұрын
Does setting up the VPN server have to be through OpenVPN? I already have a Private Internet Access account so was curious if I could use that instead? Thanks in advance
@WunderTechTutorials9 ай бұрын
In this scenario, no, it doesn't have to be OpenVPN, but it does have to be a personal VPN (which PIA isn't). PIA is for internet privacy, but won't connect back to your house. You need to actually host a VPN server if you'd like to access the NAS from outside of your house.
@itautopack1042 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@KircheYard Жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks. I have an issue, ddns is not updating when my external IP changes. I'm a bit lost as to why. Do you have any suggestions?
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
The only time I've seen that have issues is when the DDNS IP address is set as a local IP address as opposed to the external IP address. If it's set properly, it should update if the external IP changes.
@KircheYard Жыл бұрын
@WunderTech I think I've found the issue.. the ddns seems to be working BUT my router forwarding is incorrect it has the wrong IP instead of xxx.xxx.xx.30 it has xxx.xxx.xx.301 this was automatically set. Thanks for the reply. The ddns is set to auto for Ipv4
@benventura100 Жыл бұрын
You left us open? With some options. You wanted to show how we access from external connection. Why do'nt you close the circle?
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
The last step is to port forward. Showing you how to port forward on pfSense won't make sense if you're not running pfSense, so you need to see what router you're using and figure out how to do it. Unfortunately, every router is different and I don't want to add confusion to the mix.
@ronbandes56302 жыл бұрын
You said that if I check the box to obtain a TLS certificate from Let's Encrypt at the time I set up DDNS, then I won't have to open TCP port 80 or 443 for certificate renewal. You said that renewal would occur using DNS. Could you explain that a little more? Without opening UDP/TCP port 53, Let's encrypt won't be able to reach my NAS for DNS communication. If you are saying that Let's Encrypt will renew through the Synology DDNS service, how does the renewed certificate get to my NAS? Thanks for a great video, like all your videos.
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
If you obtained a certificate using DDNS, it uses DNS validation, meaning that port 53 does NOT need to be open to renew the certificate. This link will explain it: letsencrypt.org/docs/challenge-types/ With that said, if you want to access your NAS using DDNS from outside of your local network, you'll need to use port forwarding. Though it's not something that I'd recommend (VPN is preferred).
@kishorekumarl2 жыл бұрын
it's very helpful information and you have explained clearly, I've configured my DDNS external. But I am unable to access it. Can you help to resolve this?
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
Did you set up port forwarding?
@kishorekumarl2 жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials No, my star link router doesn’t support port forwarding. Thanks for your quick response !
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
@@kishorekumarl Got it - well, you can get DDNS working then, but without port forwarding, you won't be able to access it externally. I'd consider Tailscale if you're interested in accessing it from an external network.
@kishorekumarl2 жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials Let me🤞 check with Tailscale. Thanks for your quick response!
@ahboo2003 Жыл бұрын
I have a problem when set up DDNS, for some reason "checkbox Get a certificate from Let's Encrypt and set it as default" is gray out for me. Any ideas why? Thanks!
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure why, but if you go into the Security > Certificates section, you should be able to get a certificate for the DDNS hostname.
@youtube-chris2 жыл бұрын
I don't really get the difference for accessing the NAS via QucikConnect, private DDNS or this Synology DDNS. Where are the pros and cons? What is recommended to set up?
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
The video linked below explains it better than I can through text, but overall, QuickConnect relies on Synology to manage the connection. DDNS requires port forwarding (the worst option, IMO), and then the "best" option from most people's perspective is a VPN. There are various ways to accomplish the same task, but VPN is generally viewed as the best/safest. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z72bh5yU1JjWn2w.html
@user-rt8pm3mm5e10 ай бұрын
thank you for this explain , but we can also connect remotely to my nas with ( Quick connect ) ?
@WunderTechTutorials10 ай бұрын
Yes!
@user-rt8pm3mm5e10 ай бұрын
thank you @@WunderTechTutorials
@kevinhughes98013 жыл бұрын
Brill vid thank you
@mast3r860 Жыл бұрын
Hey WunderTech Would love if you can help answer this for me! If I connect to my NAS via DDNS and I am on my local network would I still be limited by the WAN speed? Or would it know to switch me over to local router LAN speeds? For example My NAS is connected via LAN arrogation but my WAN is only a gigabit connection but my LAN is 2gigabit.
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
If you're using LACP, you'll be limited to 1Gb either way, but you probably want to set up a DNS record to the local IP address so that you can always confirm you're using the local connection.
@DorfyBoi2 жыл бұрын
if your ISP is blocking port 80 and 443 then you cant use Lets Encrypt?
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
You can try and get DNS validation working, but as far as the Synology out-of-the-box functionality, no, it will not work.
@skystink Жыл бұрын
Isnt it more secure to setup the vpn on router level instead of passing the traffic through the router and terminating the connection on the NAS?
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
Yes, absolutely. VPN is preferred, but some people want to use DDNS/port forwarding.
@lionintu10 ай бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorialsthanks for your responses man
@blob11902 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, it was well explained. However, I have a question: at the end of the video, you seemed to jump quite quickly into all these fairly technical methods of accessing the NAS, including via VPNs etc. Is all of this necessary? The official instructions simply say to access the NAS over the internet by typing the hostname into the browser, and when I attempt to this I get either continuous loading or '401 Authorization Required'. I have used nslookup and got a response, and as far as I can tell the ports are forwarded correctly on the router, although I may be missing something. Would you perhaps know anything about this?
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
Accessing the NAS through port forwarding is the "least" secure way of accessing it. That's not to say that it doesn't work, but here's a greater explanation of it: www.wundertech.net/how-to-secure-a-synology-nas-tutorial/#2_Accessing_a_Synology_NAS_Outside_of_your_Local_Network
@NakulKhairnar5 ай бұрын
how to split traffic
@unbornG4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video much appreciated. My DDNS is set up correctly according to this video with the status stating 'Normal'. I'm trying to access my Synology via ssh through terminal and I keep getting a connection timed out error message for port 22. I've set up port forward rules for the external IP to my synology via my router which the synology is connected to but nothing seems to get me past that error message. Turning off firewall on both router and synology hasn't fixed it either. I even flushed the DNS cache on my mac. Still nothing. Not sure what else there is to try but open to suggestions.
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
I know this isn't your direct question, but I would avoid port forwarding 22. You don't really want to allow external people to SSH (unless you're limiting it to a specific IP address and if so, my apologies). As far as getting it to work, the only other thing I can think of is Synology's firewall if you are using it.
@pumpkineater_69557 Жыл бұрын
hostname would not take more than 7 characters. 7 characters and it connected successfully. more characters and it failed
@jmedoestech Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video / still very useful today. Great explanation of terminologies and steps 🫡
@AlejandroBelloRD Жыл бұрын
What is the "Dynamic IP address" for in the OpenVPN configuration? I've watched all the intermixed tutorial videos (DDNS, VPN, Initial Setup, specific router Por Forwarding instructions) and so far, the Synology external name only redirects me to the router's (not synology's) login page.
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
A DDNS hostname just tracks your external IP address. It can be used for basically anything that is attempting to connect to your local network, which is why it's normally used for services like a VPN. Keep in mind that a port has to be forwarded on the local network for it to work.
@lionintu10 ай бұрын
@WunderTechTutorials you clearly understand all of what you're doing. May I ask what you do forba living? Are you a network engineer?
@sidharthks75857 ай бұрын
I had a problem creating synology account ``the system failed to perform the requested operation there is an unknown error´´what is the solution 😢
@WunderTechTutorials7 ай бұрын
I would check to make sure everything is working with DNS. Open the package center and try and install an app - if it doesn't work, it's a DNS issue.
@ctbram06272 жыл бұрын
what about just using raidrive? Seems much less convoluted to me.
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
I unfortunately don't have any experience with raidrive so I can't comment.
@who2u333 Жыл бұрын
URL goes to my router logon instead of BW.
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
Make sure you're appending the correct port.
@jamesc44112 жыл бұрын
How do you know what your external address should be?
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
When you say external address, do you mean the Synology DDNS hostname?
@valdemarkito79403 жыл бұрын
I just bought my Synology Nas and would like to know if there is any way to connect it outside my local network, for example wanting to access some file but connecting it remotely. In other words, being able to turn my Synology on and off remotely.
@WunderTechTutorials3 жыл бұрын
The best way to connect would be by a VPN. I have a video/written tutorial on how you can implement OpenVPN on your NAS if interested.
@ronbandes56302 жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials As for turning the NAS on and off remotely, turn on the "Wake-on-LAN" feature, and also configure your router with the NAS's MAC address. Then you'll be able to VPN to the router and ask the router to send a Wake-on-LAN packet to the NAS.
@PetSue2 жыл бұрын
Another great video thank you but am struggling with it all tbh. So if I set up my DDNS on my Synology, do I then HAVE TO set up VPN for it to be accessible remotely?
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! The overall safest way to access it is by VPN. At that point, you'd use the DDNS hostname in the VPN configuration file so your device knows where to connect to the VPN. With DDNS, you also have the option of simply exposing the Synology DSM port number via port forwarding and accessing it that way (DDNS_HOSTNAME:[DSM PORT]), though this is generally not recommended. A third and perfectly acceptable way of accessing your NAS from outside of your local network is by using QuickConnect.
@cyberwasp461 Жыл бұрын
A bit confused. I have DDNS up and running along with the VPN server. However, on my android, I'm still able to connect and log in, "without," enabling the VPN client. Why is this?
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
That means that your router most likely has the DSM port forwarded. This can happen if you're using UPnP. Can you log in to your router and see which ports are forwarded? It should only be the VPN port.
@cyberwasp461 Жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials The only port that is forwarded is the VPN. So what do I put in the browser for an address. Since only the vpn is forwarded the ddns doesn't work.
@WunderTechTutorials Жыл бұрын
@@cyberwasp461 Are you trying to access it form an external network?
@cyberwasp461 Жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials yes. My goal is to give a friend R/W access to a shared folder and keep everyone else out!
@cyberwasp461 Жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials ok. It finally sunk in. the VPN is working via DDNS which is used to get to the DSM. In ordered for my friend to have access I need to setup an account for her and give her the VPN VPNConfig.ovpn file.
@ThomasS172 жыл бұрын
Hey, I want to change the static ip of my Synology network bond (to have it outside the DHCP range), but when I do that I can no longer access the NAS with my domain name. When I set the static ip back to what it was before it works again. Do you know why that could be?
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
Does the bond network have the same internal IP address when you set it?
@ThomasS172 жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials edit: I found the mistake, I forgot to change the port forwarding rule in the router...🤦♂️ But thank you for the reply!
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
@@ThomasS17 Glad you got it working!
@kurtdoerfel76202 жыл бұрын
What do I do if my get a certificate from lets encrypt is greyed out??
@WunderTechTutorials2 жыл бұрын
Where is it grayed out? When you select "Add a new certificate"?
@kurtdoerfel76202 жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials apparently I had partially set this up before on that same domain but couldn't get it to work.ended up having to delete it and add a new one to get the checkbox back!
@tiagoribeiro53093 жыл бұрын
hey! another great video as usual. I am setting up a Synology NAS and having a hard time doing it. Do you do consultancy? Please hit my DMs if so with any mean of contact.
@lionintu10 ай бұрын
Wait there's dms on youtube?
@rogerpatterson823 жыл бұрын
I didn't have a checkbox for "Get a certificate from Let's encrypt....". Is that something I need to be concerned about?
@WunderTechTutorials3 жыл бұрын
Do you intend on accessing your NAS outside of your local network? If you don't, then no!
@rogerpatterson823 жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials I do intend to access thought DDNS
@WunderTechTutorials3 жыл бұрын
@@rogerpatterson82 Then you will need to get a certificate. You can go to the Certificates section in the Control Panel (under Security) and get a new Let's Encrypt certificate.
@rogerpatterson823 жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials thanks
@sethherbert89663 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great video and explanation. I am new to the whole DDNS remote access thing but I was wondering if it was possible to use the DDNS to access my office computer via the Synology VPN server and if there were any videos on how exactly to accomplish this. Remote working in these times is becoming normal and this solution would be great to be able to set up, without having a static IP address from my ISP.
@WunderTechTutorials3 жыл бұрын
When you say access your office computer, do you have the Synology NAS on that network? If you do, you should be able to connect to the VPN and then access the device by IP address. If you don't, you would need a VPN server on that network. With that said, if it's only one device, it might be worth looking into something like Chrome Remote Desktop.
@sethherbert89663 жыл бұрын
@@WunderTechTutorials Hi. Thank you for your quick reply. Yes I have a NAS on my office network. So it is possible to connect to the VPN server within my NAS via DDNS to then access the individual computers by IP?
@WunderTechTutorials3 жыл бұрын
@@sethherbert8966 Yes, but I would phrase it slightly differently. You will connect to your VPN server using the DDNS hostname (which will exist in the OpenVPN config file) and you will then be able to access your system.
@djrexy1 Жыл бұрын
I followed your tutorial but not working for me. What i doing wrong? Look: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLB9Zct1yLeUeZc.html