VPN

VPN allows your DiskStation to become a VPN client which can connect to VPN servers via PPTP or OpenVPN and gain access to the virtual private network. For each VPN server, you can create or modify its connection profile, and then use the profile to connect to the server with a simple click.

Note:

To create a PPTP connection profile:

  1. Click Create, choose PPTP, and then click Next.
  2. Name the profile, specify the address of the VPN server, and enter your user name and password for the server. Click Next to continue.
  3. Choose any of the following authentication mechanism from the Authentication drop-down menu to protect VPN client's password during authentication:
  4. If you have chosen MS CHAP or MS CHAP v2 for authentication, choose any of the following from the Encryption drop-down menu to encrypt VPN connection:
  5. Tick any of the following checkboxes depending on your network configurations:
  6. If you want VPN to auto-reconnect when the connection drops or after system reboots, please tick Reconnect when the VPN connection is lost. VPN will automatically reconnect shortly after the connection is lost.
  7. Click Apply.

To create an OpenVPN connection profile:

  1. Click Create, choose OpenVPN, and then click Next.
  2. Name the profile, specify the address of the VPN server, and enter your user name and password for the server.
  3. Click Import certificate to import the certificate (ca.crt) exported from the OpenVPN server. Click Next to continue.
  4. Tick any of the following checkboxes depending on your network configurations:
  5. If you want VPN to auto-reconnect when the connection drops or after system reboots, please tick Reconnect when the VPN connection is lost. VPN will automatically reconnect shortly after the connection is lost.
  6. Click Apply.

To modify a connection profile:

Choose a connection profile on the left panel, edit its information in the main area, and then click Apply.

To connect or disconnect the connection to a VPN server:

Choose a profile on the left panel, and then click Connect or Disconnect.

Note: Only one profile can be connected at the same time.