Safest way to share a folder on my NAS over the internet?

Goose · 16 Dec 2015 at 12:35

I would like to allow my brother to access a single folder on my Xpenology NAS in the same sort of way that I can map each shared folder on my desktop machine over my LAN.

I'm assuming I need to open a port in my router and like to open it only for my brother's machine, so I assume I specify his IP. As you can tell i'm completely new to this networking malarky and I dont want to just go and blindly start opening ports and whatnot.

Thanks in advance.

bledd · 16 Dec 2015 at 13:13

Steveocee · 16 Dec 2015 at 14:30

bledd. said:
VPN

This.

But ensure permissions on the NAS only give him the porn stash you want him to see, not the really mucky stuff.

Goose · 16 Dec 2015 at 15:26

I've used a VPN before for changing Netflix region but never for something like this. Would you happen to know of a good guide on how to set it up? I'll do some googling myself and see what i come up with.

binaryknight · 16 Dec 2015 at 17:22

im guessing they mean running your own vpn on either your own router or box any experience i have of router based ones have lacked throughput though, i have a debian based vpn running on a box at home and just followed a guide that ive long lost

if you do go down this route it is great for accessing stuff on your lan via the net which ironically is how im making this post

Avalon · 16 Dec 2015 at 17:23

You have several different ways of getting the same end result. I'd look at running things from the Xpenology box. A quick/dirty way fo doing this if it's just dumping files for each other then Dropbox or similar can work, it all depends on what sort of file size/load you're anticipating.

http://petestechblog.com/archives/1093
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Setti...ackIntoYourHomeWithASynologyFromAnIPhone.aspx