Select a Gateway Location that you would like to use and copy it's URL.
Generally, a city closer to you will have better speed performance.
Note: If you select a different Gateway City than our default
(gw1.iad1.octanevpn.com in Washington, DC), you will need to edit the .cfg file as described in the last step of the guide below.
On your NAS web interface, Open the Control Panel and go to Network
In the Network Interfaces menu and select Create VPN Profile
Select OpenVPN as the VPN Connection Method
Fill in the General Settings as indicated
Profile Name: OctaneVPN
Server Address: Enter the URL you selected for the Gateway City. Ex: gw1.iad1.octanevpn.com
Username: enter your OctaneVPN username in the form [email protected]
Password: your OctaneVPN password (not the plaintext password)
Port: 8888
Protocol: UDP
Certificate: Browse to the OctaneVPN.crt file you downloaded earlier
Advanced Settings
Check Use default gateway on remote network
Check Reconnect when the VPN connection is lost
Login to the Synology as Admin user (use the same password as when you login to the web interface). Example:
Run this command, substituting the number from your client file:
sed -i 's/OCTANE/**number**/g' octane.cfg
Example:
sed -i 's/OCTANE/1395162101/g' octane.cfg
Copy the config to client_oXXXXXXXX. This will leave a backup copy of your configuration in case you
have to make any changes in the GUI later.
cp octane.cfg client_oXXXXXXXXX
Example:
cp octane.cfg client_o1395162101
Go back to the web interface and click Connect
Important Notes:
Note 1: If you make any changes to the Synology GUI, the changes will cause the .cfg files to be
overwritten. Just re-copy octane.cfg to the client_oXXXXXX file if this happens.
Note 2: The default configuration file is for Washington, DC (gw1.iad1). Change the gateway address
by using the following command, substituting the gateway of your choice. We'll use one of the Miami gateways in this example (gw1.mia4):
sed -i 's/gw1.iad1/gw1.mia4/g' client_o1395162101
Note 3: You can check the IP from the command line using:
