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BBuzz
Sep 12, 2023Apprentice
Cannot access folders on NAS via VPN
unable to access folders and files on NAS via VPN. I can see the NAS but I don't get access to anything on the NAS. Is it a port problem? I need a solution.
StephenB
Sep 12, 2023Guru - Experienced User
BBuzz wrote:
I can see the NAS but I don't get access to anything on the NAS.
See it where?
Can you ping it?
Are you trying to access shares using SMB? If not, what protocol?
Also, what VPN are you using?
BBuzz
Sep 15, 2023Apprentice
I am using SMB
I cannot ping NAS
Windows PPTP VPN
I also tried Open VPN with only handshake results
- schumakuSep 15, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Reads like basic VPN issues - much more but a problem with your undefined NAS, probably an obsolete legacy ReadyNAS, probably a legacy ReadNAS OS 6 system ... who knows.
Hard to understand using PPTP, because of the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol and GRE have problems with Network Address Translation (NAT), NAT routers use techniques such as PPTP passthrough that allow GRE packets to be mapped to clients - so only if you have a good VPN router in place.
Your Internet connection (where you intend to terminate the VPN) does have a public routable IPv4 address, or are you located behind e.g. an ISP deploying Carrier Grade NAT (CGN)?
OpenVPN proofs to be much more NAT-friendly, and offers nice readable logs. I don't know what to make out of your "Open VPN with only handshake results".
- StephenBSep 15, 2023Guru - Experienced User
BBuzz wrote:
I can handshake the router at the NAS location via PPTP VPN and that is as far as I can get. Any further access is not possible.
I am using SMB
I cannot ping NAS
Windows PPTP VPN
I also tried Open VPN with only handshake results
Can you access or ping other devices behind the router at the NAS location?
What router are you using (manufacturer/model)? Is it running open source software, or the manufacturer's?
- BBuzzSep 15, 2023ApprenticeNo I have no access beyond the handshake. I have access to the router using the IP and admin password but nothing direct.The router on the Nas end is a T P Link AXE7800 Tri-Band Archer AXE95 6E Wi-FiThe router from my access side is a Netgear RAX 75
- BBuzzSep 15, 2023Apprentice
I BELIEVE IT IS RUNNING MANUFACTERS
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