I'm in the process of learning about establishing a VPN connection and I have some specific questions that I can't seem to find the answers to.
Just a short while ago I created a VPN connection between my Galaxy S4 and my new Synology NAS at home. It was definitely successful because both the phone and the NAS indicated a connection was made. The only reason I did this was because I learned that a VPN capability was built into the NAS.
So now when I am out and about my daily business and decide to connect to a public wifi hotspot:
1) Do I enable my VPN just before connecting to the public network? Or should I always have VPN enabled? It is kind of a pain to get to it in my menu system to enable it.
2) How does the mobile device actually establish a connection with my NAS VPN server at home?Does my VPN configuration on my phone somehow know my last known external IP address from the setup process?
3) What if my external IP address changes for whatever reason? Will the VPN connection process fail or will it automatically update itself on my phone when I am within my WiFi connection's range?
4) Can I configure other VPN connections on other mobile device (like Galaxy Tab 3s) without those devices actually being at the physical location of my NAS which hosts the VPN server?
5) Other than what my phone is capable of sending and receiving through the VPN connection do I somehow gain the ability to do other things on my network? Could I remote desktop to my PC (which has a static IP address) for example?
Just a short while ago I created a VPN connection between my Galaxy S4 and my new Synology NAS at home. It was definitely successful because both the phone and the NAS indicated a connection was made. The only reason I did this was because I learned that a VPN capability was built into the NAS.
So now when I am out and about my daily business and decide to connect to a public wifi hotspot:
1) Do I enable my VPN just before connecting to the public network? Or should I always have VPN enabled? It is kind of a pain to get to it in my menu system to enable it.
2) How does the mobile device actually establish a connection with my NAS VPN server at home?Does my VPN configuration on my phone somehow know my last known external IP address from the setup process?
3) What if my external IP address changes for whatever reason? Will the VPN connection process fail or will it automatically update itself on my phone when I am within my WiFi connection's range?
4) Can I configure other VPN connections on other mobile device (like Galaxy Tab 3s) without those devices actually being at the physical location of my NAS which hosts the VPN server?
5) Other than what my phone is capable of sending and receiving through the VPN connection do I somehow gain the ability to do other things on my network? Could I remote desktop to my PC (which has a static IP address) for example?
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