NAS to NAS backup on my LAN; How?
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So I am new to networking and pfsense.
I like the pfsense system I can in theory do anything I want but knowledge is lacking. I have an Openreach modem connected to my pfsense box. From my box I have a tplink archer in bridge mode providing wifi to the house. off of the pfsense box, I have outputs to a DS920 NAS and a managed switch. I have also another NAS a DS918 and that is plugged into the managed switch with a static IP.
What I am trying to do is to back up the DS920 to the DS918 using a tool called hyper backup. Now I when I go into hyper backup, on the DS920, and try and set up the backup it finds the ds918 and then presents me with a login button but when I press it can't connect to the DS918 due to the settings in the pfsense box. I have tried setting up port forwarding on the LAN but that didn't help.
Both NAS are on my LAN.
What should I do to allow the 2 NAS to see each other and run a backup task over the network?
I am not sure if it is related but I have a domain pointing to my DS920 and the works fine outside my network but not inside my network I can access the shared files but not the web interface.
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@dnwigley said in NAS to NAS backup on my LAN; How?:
I press it can't connect to the DS918 due to the settings in the pfsense box
How is that? pfsense has nothing to do with connections between devices on the same network..
Both NAS are on my LAN.
Pfsense is not even aware of them talking to each other.. Devices talk to pfsense to get off the network they are on, it has nothing to do with communications between devices on the same network.. Sure it might hand them an IP via dhcp, it could provide dns for them to resolve the name of something on the same network as them. But when devices actually talk to each other and they are on the same network - pfsense is not involved in anyway.
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@johnpoz thanks for your reply.
One error I made on the original post is that both NAS are connected to the managed switch.
With regard to devices being on the same network and pfsense doesn't involved then that might narrow it down to the managed switch?
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@dnwigley did you setup the switch to route between different networks you put these devices on? Did you setup any sort of multicast filtering?
If you put the devices on the same L2 network.. Most switches wouldn't be do any filtering either.
I think your going down some rabbit hole trying to blame it on something filtering something.
If you discovered the other nas - and get presented to auth.. This pretty much shows your talking to it.. And highly unlikely your fitering some aspect of the auth process at your switch.
You mention access to the DSM interface - how exactly are your trying to access that.. You should be able to access the dsm on port 5001.. Are you using some name that resolves to public IP vs your local one?
