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    Forward server names on 1 IP so i can access my servers

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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      No idea what you did with the proxy… But sure it could block you out of the gui if you misconfigure it, etc.

      I would suggest you just start over..

      I am not going to even dignify your smooth question an answer - really your going to ask such a thing on the pfsense forums.. Really ;)

      Lets go over this again - Setup your vpn!  You should not expose any of this to the public internet!!!  You do not need a proxy or a reverse proxy once you have vpn up and running.  Which is really click click - buy the pfsense book if you want some detailed doc.

      As to nas.. All comes down to what you need they have many different models.  All run the same software...  I have a ds918+ but there are smaller and larger models.

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        comet424
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        only reason i asked about the smooth one.. as it came up in the search for setting up  reverse proxy on  pfsense.. and trying to follow the Arabic setup i guess it is for squid reverse proxy  hard to follow when half is in English and half is not.. lol

        which link would you recommend for this..

        and as for the VPN a good link too… as when i set it up in windows 10 to connect to the local LAN router my asus  as a VPN server.. it locks out the internet  then when you google it you gotta modify it  as it looses the dns or something  tried it and i failed lol..

        and i just wished the router offered  this reverse vpn..  like i know i host websites  but  i do that on my 1 computer  i port forward 80  and windows home sever has  i guess SVR Records i guess called so i can say website A  goes to  www.mine.example.com    website B  goes to  www.hello.example.com  because  windows server offers that and all the websites are on that one computer..

        but ok ill refactory reset the router... that sucks  u can easily block out the router by mistake..

        as for the synogy ill look it up

        what i want is a media server  and that it replicates to 2 other locations.. 
        since hard drives cost a lot since id like a 10TB or 12TB drive  since you never actually get 10TB  out of a 10TB drive  i wanted big  or smaller  but what i wanna do is start off with 1 hard drive.. then when i can afford more i shove a new one in.. and the software automatically changes the drives to Raid 10 i think it is strip and data  without having to do this at the beginning  be able to do this as you go when you can afford more hard drives and shove them in the slots.. 
        as  like with my asus boards  you gotta do the Raid  first and then everything gets deleted  same with the windows

        not sure with Freenas as i had 2 old 2.5TB drives kicking around so i added them to test with..  so i stripped the data to incrase the volume size..

        but id like to have 3 locations  one in my basement  1 in my shop incase of fire and one at my sisters house 2 hour drive away..
        i want to connect securely  to them all... i want each one to update themselves  so if i add a file to Sever1...  Sever 2 and 3  get it...  or if i add a file to Server 3... Server 1 and 2 get that file..
        frig id even use a synogy  if it can replicated  to my 2 ACER 4 bay home severs  and i use them as a back up just to back up

        and i guess synogy  doesn't offer software  to use on  currenty home server networks

        and  with VPN  with the pfsense.. i read that vpns mask  your web traffic what you go searching for but that's only on the client computer... the  but the vpn server would know..    like  say  vpn  is at my sisters house  i connect to that computer  vpn server and i search for naughty videos  well  her ISP  would know her computer is getting naughty videos.....  it may not know my computer watching it.. but isn't her ISP  then seeing smutt being downloaed to her internet connection..  or downloading games movies or whatever..  as i hear great deal  of this vpn  stuff.. but isn't the vpn server itself  has  all that logged?

        but for now ill reset the pfsense and reload the squid stuff.. and get back online and any proper videos to link for this be good.. as i did youtube a bunch i just wanted a good step by step video..

        thanks for your input so far

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          "u can easily block out the router by mistake..  "

          No it is next to impossible to do such a thing has basic understanding of these concepts.  I mean just plain impossible!!!

          I suggested you start over because that is the fastest solution to the problem.  You gave ZERO info to what you did or didn't do with your proxy, etc.  Had you changed ports, did you somehow just turn off dhcp?  Have no idea what you could of done.. So vs going through the almost infinite stupid shit I have seen people do trying to help you.

          Just start over is much easier!

          "and  with VPN  with the pfsense.. i read that vpns mask  your web traffic what you go searching for but that's only on the client computer.."

          HUH???  Yeah start over I have no idea where your getting your info from… Setup a site to site vpn between your location and this other location..  That has NOTHING to do with some vpn service to mask your IP from some website..

          https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_Remote_Access_Server
          https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_Site_To_Site

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            comet424
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            well i can see my dyslexia sucks  since you didn't understand what i mean

            ok..
            1.. i followed this video to setup  your squid reverse proxy
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oqNhFWXsTk&vl=en

            2.u can easily block out the router by mistake" what i mean is  it seems to be easily locked out after i followed this video above to his steps.. i was then locked out of the GUI  even when i rebooted the pfsense  and also did the restart  gui  from the console..

            3.  ya i have already  did the Factory reset  and then 2 squid things are already still installed.. it shows they both can be updated but they wont update after it does the updating  even after a reboot.. so not sure  why it says there are updates when  i updated them..  but ill worry about that later

            4.  the part about the VPN masking.. what i was told  is so your Internet service provder.. cant see what your doing.. likes stealing music  tv shows.. Watching Netflix  from other countries that's illegal.. watching porn..  letting google know what your searching etc….. so your internet service provider cant keep logs on what your searching on your home computer..  is the purpose of the vpn  i have read

            now my question was  if  i have a VPN server at home..  or say at my sisters house  2 hours away...  how do you prevent mine  or her Internet provider from not seeing what your doing on the internet.. like they say VPNs will block so they cant see what your doing
            or can this only be done with paid VPNs like the expresvpn

            as i don't wanna people to know my credit card transactions and other reason you need  a Paid VPN Service  so your ISP can never see what your doing

            but ok ill check out your documents

            thanks so far

            sorry dyslexia  things sound ok in my head but i guess i not explaining right  sorry for any future issues too

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              comet424
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              and i guessing paid vpn service is different from  vpn site to site

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              • GrimsonG
                Grimson Banned
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                @comet424:

                now my question was  if  i have a VPN server at home..  or say at my sisters house  2 hours away…  how do you prevent mine  or her Internet provider from not seeing what your doing on the internet.. like they say VPNs will block so they cant see what your doing
                or can this only be done with paid VPNs like the expresvpn

                as i don't wanna people to know my credit card transactions and other reason you need  a Paid VPN Service  so your ISP can never see what your doing

                So you don't trust your local ISP, but you are willing to trust some random VPN provider on the internet.  :o

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                  A vpn service to stop the black helicopters has zero to do with a site to site vpn so you can securely access stuff at your sisters house.

                  Why don't you pick one thing and work with that..

                  if you want to remote into your network while outside - remote access server setup.  Openvpn, click click done.

                  You want to access stuff on your sisters network securely.  Site 2 Site vpn - click click done.

                  So vpn service to stop your isp from knowing what p0rn sites you visit has zero to do with any of that.

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                    comet424
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                    ah ok i figured one thing could do it all..

                    and my question was  i was trying to understand

                    if you are bit torrenting they say don't let your ISP know buy a VPN

                    but doesn't that VPN service you pay for know what your doing.. isn't that just like a ISP

                    reason i was asking is if i used VPN Server on her computer from my house    her ISP  would know what I'm bit torrenting and think it was her connection..

                    i dunno i was just inquiring  i not worried not doing anything illegal  it was just a question as i see pop ups on facebook etc that you need a VPN to hide you etc..

                    but ill worry about the site to site and try that … i do appreciate all the help so far.. most appreciative

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                      "don't let your ISP know buy a VPN "

                      Yeah lots of people say this - especially the guys selling vpns ;) heheeheh

                      Its got to be one of the most hyped up buzz words currently.. Next to dns leak - both of which I am just sick of hearing to be honest.. Idiots don't have a clue how dns works at all - but now they are freaking out they might have a dns leak… Oh my gawd, my isp might know I did a query for pfsense.org.... And wtf they know I go to amazon.com and facebook --- F'ing Bastards spying on me ;)

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                      • GrimsonG
                        Grimson Banned
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                        @johnpoz:

                        Its got to be one of the most hyped up buzz words currently.. Next to dns leak - both of which I am just sick of hearing to be honest.. Idiots don't have a clue how dns works at all - but now they are freaking out they might have a dns leak… Oh my gawd, my isp might know I did a query for pfsense.org.... And wtf they know I go to amazon.com and facebook --- F'ing Bastards spying on me ;)

                        Let's create a new one, call it "Internet access leak" meaning every site you visit knows you have internet access. We then offer a paid service where we sent screenshots of internet sites per mail, to prevent that leak.  ;D

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                        • DerelictD
                          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                          @johnpoz:

                          "don't let your ISP know buy a VPN "

                          Yeah lots of people say this - especially the guys selling vpns ;) heheeheh

                          Its got to be one of the most hyped up buzz words currently.. Next to dns leak - both of which I am just sick of hearing to be honest.. Idiots don't have a clue how dns works at all - but now they are freaking out they might have a dns leak… Oh my gawd, my isp might know I did a query for pfsense.org.... And wtf they know I go to amazon.com and facebook --- F'ing Bastards spying on me ;)

                          Yeah there is more to it than that though. There are methods I do not fully understand that content providers are using DNS to geolocate.

                          Watched one guy try to get a baseball game and couldn't due to regional blackout then switched to some DNS spoofer (no VPN or anything, just new DNS servers.) I said "it's not going to work" then it god damn worked like a charm. All season. I can't remember the name of the service but it's what they do.

                          So there is more to it than rampant, unjustified paranoia.

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