# (Please refer to the manual of OpenVPN for more information.) # This is useful when you are connecting to a peer which holds a dynamic address # not only the address which was specified in the -remote option. # The "float" tells OpenVPN to accept authenticated packets from any address, I’ve left the comments in that are there by default. Here’s what it should generally look like. The remote line at the top points to your public DNS entry for your Synology, like or whatever you set up.Pop that open in a text editor and make sure that… Open the zip file of exported OpenVPN configuration you got from the Synology and pull out the openvpn.ovpn file. The app is free, so there’s no risk if you don’t like it. There are several OpenVPN apps out there I use this one and the rest of my article will assume you do, too.
ANDROID VPN AUTOCONNECT INSTALL
Install the OpenVPN Connect app for Android. The harder part was getting my Android phone connected to it and trying to automate that. That part, at least for me, was the easiest part.
ANDROID VPN AUTOCONNECT HOW TO
You can see how to do this in my other article. You also need to create a port forwarding rule for port 1194 with your router.
This is a little different than what I was expecting - I had hoped the certificates that come in the OpenVPN zip file (when you export that configuration) would just work, but it turns out I needed to get this particular certificate. On the “certificate” panel, click “Export Certificate.” Save that somewhere and call it ca.crt. In the Control Panel, go to the “Security” tab.At the bottom of the OpenVPN panel, click “Export Configuration.” This will give you the profile you’ll need for your devices to connect to the VPN.Enable the OpenVPN protocol by checking the box.Open the VPN Server application in the Diskstation Manager.I based the steps to get my connection working on this forum post but I didn’t do quite the extra work with the certificates.Īssuming you’ve got the VPN package installed and ready to go on your Synology NAS ( which I walk through in the previous article), the next steps to get OpenVPN going are: Since then, I’ve updated my setup to use OpenVPN and made the connection a lot easier. In November of last year I set up a PPTP VPN on my Synology NAS so I could do more secure browsing on public wifi.
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