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VPN access, but not all Internet is passing through
Hi,
My current router is a Netgear RAXE500.
I have VPN turned on and using OpenVPN to connect. I have successfully connected to my home network using the VPN from work. I am able to launch Gmail, which was blocked at my work. I can access my home network drives while I am at work (connected to the VPN).
The only issue I have is when I try to connect to my Qnap NAS via myqnapcloud.com, I still get a "web page blocked" message telling me that its blocked. Why is it not going through my VPN? On the flip side, when I navigate to the NAS via IP, it goes through except its unsecure.
Any help appreciated.
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How is your VPN client configured?
Also do you have the VPN set to "All sites on the internet & Home Network"?
If not, set it to that and generate a new config file.
As for the client device, some may enforce a different DNS server, and that can cause certain URLs to fail since the request will go out to the WAN rather than a local DNS server.
In some cases, if the OpenVPN client is not handling DNS correctly, you may need to manually specify one in the client config file by adding a line such as
dhcp-option DNS X.X.X.X
Where the specify an IP address (replacing those Xs) for a local DNS server on the home network that will handle those URLs properly.
As for untrusted connections, most NAS devices uses a self signed certificate for the HTTPS web UI, thus they will give an error like that.
I do have "All sites on the internet & Home Network" selected.
I added my DNS (dhcp-option DNS X.X.X.X) into my OpenVPN configurations, this time instead of telling me that the web page is blocked, I now get "This site can't be reached".
I still can access it via IP address though.
