Hey guys! So I have a simple dilemma. The computer i use for video/movies is on a vpn. Sometimes I want to move those videos to my nas.

Now I am just using the mulvad program on the local pc (linux). I dont have it installed on my router (and im not sure if I will yet, since with slowdowns and some sites and applications not working on a VPN, I dont really need it network wide at this point)

But my problem is, my nas isn’t accessible from the pc, unless I shut off the VPN, which I dont want to do when in the middle of a big download. Also, it would be nice sometimes to download right to my nas so I dont need to move files.

Is there a somewhat easy solution? Im decently savvy but networking still confuses me sometimes.

  • RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyzEnglish
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    9 days ago

    You should be able to add a route just for your nas without enabling lan sharing, something like sudo ip r a 192.168.1.123/32 via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0

    Where .123 is your nas, .1 is your router, eth0 is your physical network interface.

    But it’s probably better to just toggle lan sharing.