Gost_dog Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 All right... I know this may sound stupid but I need a hand here...This is my situation,I Have a home network with a NAS attached to it...My computer as mapped drive... and I want to be able to access it when im not on my home network.SO I was thinking VPN is one option...And the other one could be to use DDNS, convert my NAS ip to a fix domain name... and then map the domain name.The issue,I have no clue how a VPN works or is configured...I have no clue how a DDNS works or is configured...I run WIN7 ultimate X64.And my router/modem is provided from my ISP model: Cisco DPC3848V DOCSIS 3.0 Gateway (I think there is no built-in VPN but I see there is a DDNS option were I would switch ON and then select the provider (DYNdns) and then log in info + domain name...And my NAS drive is FTP+SSH enabledAny help would be appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex.forencich Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I would actually recommend using Hamachi. The free version lets you make networks with up to 5 computers and it doesn't require static IP addresses, DNS/DDNS, DMZ, etc. And you can run it as a service in linux, which is very nice for low-power NAS setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted December 15, 2015 Founder Share Posted December 15, 2015 Windows has built in remote desktop services as well. And like @alex.forencich mentioned Hamachi is a solid suggestion. You don't need to complicate it by going through VPNs and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genetics Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Maybe port-forwarding your NAS to any suitable port will do too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thementallydeceased Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 On 12/2/2015 at 11:25 PM, Gost_dog said: All right... I know this may sound stupid but I need a hand here... This is my situation, I Have a home network with a NAS attached to it... My computer as mapped drive... and I want to be able to access it when im not on my home network. SO I was thinking VPN is one option... And the other one could be to use DDNS, convert my NAS ip to a fix domain name... and then map the domain name. The issue, I have no clue how a VPN works or is configured... I have no clue how a DDNS works or is configured... I run WIN7 ultimate X64. And my router/modem is provided from my ISP model: Cisco DPC3848V DOCSIS 3.0 Gateway (I think there is no built-in VPN but I see there is a DDNS option were I would switch ON and then select the provider (DYNdns) and then log in info + domain name... And my NAS drive is FTP+SSH enabled Any help would be appreciated... If you're just looking to do a remote session, I like teamviewer from www.teamviewer.com It has a great interface thats very easy to use, and you can do file transfer in case you need something from your computer/nas. It is free for private use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reishin Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 simplest thing is to use Teamcity, but this give to you only remote desktop view. To access network you need to understand how to tune DDNS (in case of dynamic ip) and vpn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grennith Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Get yourself a Raspberry PI and check up on guides for strongswan VPN - it's quite easy to setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LEVO]FuzzyThor Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 this is an old topic but i have a netgear nighthawk router that has a built in vpn. using open vpn. It is easy to enable and all you need to do is use the generated key to connect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex.forencich Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 I would actually like to amend my suggestion of Hamachi to ZeroTier One. ZeroTier One is basically an open source version of Hamachi that supports more devices per network (100 instead of 5 at the free tier) as well as more devices - windows, linux, osx, android, iOS, various NAS devices, and even OpenWRT. It also supports ipv6, which may be interesting to some people. I recently converted all of my devices over to ZeroTier One and performs exactly like Hamachi, just without the pesky 5 device limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bärlonidas Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I think a DDNS is the option you want to go for, there are a lot of free DDNS providers that offer you a domain (I use No-IP: https://www.noip.com/free). However I would first check whether your router supports DDNS and, if so, which DDNS providers it supports. I was playing with the thought as well, but found that my Internet Provider has locked my router pretty much down (Port restrictions etc.) and I don't have a third party router as of yet. I think you will also need port forwarding to access your drive, so check for that as well. I currently use Teamviewer (A remote desktop software) to access my files at home, however streaming is a bit difficult because of my bandwidth and because Teamviewer IMO doesn't have the best latency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorge5 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 For ddns provider http://www.changeip.com . With noip had some problems (cancel my account without reasons). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUm_Laude Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) If you're going the VPN route, it will also depend on your Gateway IP address. Not sure if you have Comcast as your ISP, but most VPNs don't like the default comcast IP addresses that start with 10.0.0.1, ect. You are able to change that on your gateway, but will need to log into the gateway as admin and go into Network settings and change the default IP to something with the 192.168 scheme. I assumed Comcast service based on your gateway of Cisco DPC3848V Edited November 18, 2019 by CUm_Laude Additional info for my post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aktivayte Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Best way use openvpn or softether vpn server (its free run on win,mac,linux). Don't use pptp its not secure. Addition to that rdc for controliing home computers/ if you re on windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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