After a long research, I recently signed up for a monthly subscription with Mullvad VPN (read more about them here https://thatoneprivacysite.net/2017/10/03/mullvad-review/).
Since I own a Synology NAS which I set up to user Sonarr and Transmission, I wanted to configure it to use the VPN. I found a few tutorials online, but they were outdated and did not work.
After a quick chat with Mullvad’s tech support, I finally managed to make it work.
Here’s how:
- Go to: https://mullvad.net/en/download/config/
- Input your account number, select Android as a platform, and a region to use
- Download the .ovpn configuration file
- Edit this file, removing the inlined crl section
- Log in to your Synology DiskStation, go to Control Panel > Network
- Network Interface > Create > Create VPN profile
- Select “OpenVPN (via importing a .ovpn file)”
- ‘Username’ is your account number, ‘Password’ is “m”
- Import the .ovpn file we modified earlier, leave ‘CA certificate’ empty; click ‘Next’
- Select all 3 tickboxes in the ‘Advanced settings’ page; click ‘Apply’
- Right click on the newly created connection, select ‘Connect’
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