https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Using-OpenVPN-via-server-on-my-Synology-NAS-with-new-Plusnet-Hub/m-p/1958817#M37803 <P>First post here - bear with me if I leave out needed information. I'm fairly computer-savvy, but a novice when it comes to VPN setup.</P><P>I just last week was connected with Plusnet full fibre and a Plusnet Hub 2.</P><P>I have an OpenVPN server on my Synology NAS, which seems to be working well.</P><P>I can connect to the OpenVPN server via my Plusnet router no worries - at least both my phone and the server can see the connection and say I'm connected.</P><P>Unfortunately, I can't access anything on the network or internet from my phone using the OpenVPN connection - I can't see the NAS, nor can I access any internet sites (even pinging 8.8.8.8 doesn't work) - even when using a Split-tunnel configuration.</P><P>There's clearly some sort of setting/firewall that I don't know about that's blocking outbound connections from the NAS</P><P>I've updated both my NAS firewall and my Plusnet Hub 2 firewall to forward the OpenVPN port - and as I say the connection is working fine. Plusnet Safeguard is OFF.&nbsp;</P><P>Any suggestions? Are there other firewall settings I need to sort out? What could be blocking the outbound connections? Have I overlooked something obvious?</P> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:29:06 GMT RosieJH 2024-02-19T18:29:06Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Using-OpenVPN-via-server-on-my-Synology-NAS-with-new-Plusnet-Hub/m-p/1958817#M37803 <P>First post here - bear with me if I leave out needed information. I'm fairly computer-savvy, but a novice when it comes to VPN setup.</P><P>I just last week was connected with Plusnet full fibre and a Plusnet Hub 2.</P><P>I have an OpenVPN server on my Synology NAS, which seems to be working well.</P><P>I can connect to the OpenVPN server via my Plusnet router no worries - at least both my phone and the server can see the connection and say I'm connected.</P><P>Unfortunately, I can't access anything on the network or internet from my phone using the OpenVPN connection - I can't see the NAS, nor can I access any internet sites (even pinging 8.8.8.8 doesn't work) - even when using a Split-tunnel configuration.</P><P>There's clearly some sort of setting/firewall that I don't know about that's blocking outbound connections from the NAS</P><P>I've updated both my NAS firewall and my Plusnet Hub 2 firewall to forward the OpenVPN port - and as I say the connection is working fine. Plusnet Safeguard is OFF.&nbsp;</P><P>Any suggestions? Are there other firewall settings I need to sort out? What could be blocking the outbound connections? Have I overlooked something obvious?</P> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:29:06 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Using-OpenVPN-via-server-on-my-Synology-NAS-with-new-Plusnet-Hub/m-p/1958817#M37803 RosieJH 2024-02-19T18:29:06Z https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Using-OpenVPN-via-server-on-my-Synology-NAS-with-new-Plusnet-Hub/m-p/1958825#M37804 <P>Ok, more troubleshooting. It's not to do with Plusnet. I disabled my Synology NAS Firewall and that fixed the issue. So the changes I made to the synology NAS firewall this afternoon obviously caused the problem.&nbsp;</P> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:07:02 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/My-Router/Using-OpenVPN-via-server-on-my-Synology-NAS-with-new-Plusnet-Hub/m-p/1958825#M37804 RosieJH 2024-02-19T19:07:02Z