Matt Newman
Novice Member
Hi all,
I'm looking for some help in relation to an Amazon Fire TV (running Kodi 17.3) and Synology DS212j NAS talking to each other, via NFS, while connected to a VPN router.
Just to give some background: My original setup was that I had all devices in my home connected to my home network (ISP is Virgin Media). The 2 devices in question were both connected via ethernet cable, to LAN ports on my Virgin Media Superhub 3. I had NFS permissions set up for all my shared folders on the NAS, to allow connections from any other device within a specified local IP range (i.e. the Amazon Fire TV). This setup allowed me to use Kodi on the Fire TV, to access my media library stored on the NAS. This worked without a hitch.
I have since bought a new router, on which I have flashed DD-WRT firmware and have set it up as a VPN router (using OpenVPN protocol with IPVanish VPN service). I have an ethernet cable running from a Superhub 3 LAN port, to the WAN / Internet port of the VPN router (this is because I want to run both normal and VPN networks in tandem - one from each router).
The router setup is now as follows:
* Superhub 3 LAN IP is 192.168.0.1
* VPN router LAN IP is 192.168.2.1
* VPN router WAN IP is 192.168.0.25 (as given by the DHCP on the Superhub 3)
The Fire TV and the NAS are both connected to the VPN router's LAN ports:
* NAS LAN IP is 192.168.2.49 (as given by the DHCP on the VPN router)
* Fire TV LAN IP is 192.168.2.12 (as given by the DHCP on the VPN router)
I have changed the NFS permissions on the NAS to accept connections from any device with 192.168.2.X range (as I assume that these devices are connecting internally via local IPs and not using external IP, which would be that of the IPVanish VPN service).
Now the issue I'm having, is that Kodi on the Fire TV can see the NFS shares on the NAS, but it won't connect to them or access them. The symptoms are the same as would happen if the NFS permissions had not been set in the NAS. The strange thing is, if I connect the NAS back to the Superhub 3, but leave the Fire TV connected to the VPN router, it works!! But I need both devices connected to the VPN router.
I realise this is a complex question, but any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Matt
I'm looking for some help in relation to an Amazon Fire TV (running Kodi 17.3) and Synology DS212j NAS talking to each other, via NFS, while connected to a VPN router.
Just to give some background: My original setup was that I had all devices in my home connected to my home network (ISP is Virgin Media). The 2 devices in question were both connected via ethernet cable, to LAN ports on my Virgin Media Superhub 3. I had NFS permissions set up for all my shared folders on the NAS, to allow connections from any other device within a specified local IP range (i.e. the Amazon Fire TV). This setup allowed me to use Kodi on the Fire TV, to access my media library stored on the NAS. This worked without a hitch.
I have since bought a new router, on which I have flashed DD-WRT firmware and have set it up as a VPN router (using OpenVPN protocol with IPVanish VPN service). I have an ethernet cable running from a Superhub 3 LAN port, to the WAN / Internet port of the VPN router (this is because I want to run both normal and VPN networks in tandem - one from each router).
The router setup is now as follows:
* Superhub 3 LAN IP is 192.168.0.1
* VPN router LAN IP is 192.168.2.1
* VPN router WAN IP is 192.168.0.25 (as given by the DHCP on the Superhub 3)
The Fire TV and the NAS are both connected to the VPN router's LAN ports:
* NAS LAN IP is 192.168.2.49 (as given by the DHCP on the VPN router)
* Fire TV LAN IP is 192.168.2.12 (as given by the DHCP on the VPN router)
I have changed the NFS permissions on the NAS to accept connections from any device with 192.168.2.X range (as I assume that these devices are connecting internally via local IPs and not using external IP, which would be that of the IPVanish VPN service).
Now the issue I'm having, is that Kodi on the Fire TV can see the NFS shares on the NAS, but it won't connect to them or access them. The symptoms are the same as would happen if the NFS permissions had not been set in the NAS. The strange thing is, if I connect the NAS back to the Superhub 3, but leave the Fire TV connected to the VPN router, it works!! But I need both devices connected to the VPN router.
I realise this is a complex question, but any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Matt