Synology behind VPN but "messes" up Plex connection

VPN
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Hey, need a quick piece of advice on running Plex on a DS424+ through NordVPN. (This is prolly more of a networking question than anything, but figured it is better placed here than in r/PleX )

I’m running a native Plex-server on a 192.168.1.0/24 network and for various reasons I want my NAS on a VPN but when I connect/activate NordVPN in the Network Interface tab it obviously (?) creates a 10.8.2.0/24 subnet. However, this renders the Plex server only being accessible *indirectly*… not what I want.

Is it possible to add some trickery to my routes, preferably through the quickconnect GUI, making both VPN and direct Plex server access possible?

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Not sure if it’s the case, but if you wanted your NAS behind a VPN… so that you can be super secure while torrenting Linux ISOs…, you can setup a qbittorrent with GlueTun VM which can specifically use your Nordvpn VPN.

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NordVPN doesn’t support port-forwarding, so you will always only be accessible indirectly.

Solution: Use a VPN provider that supports static port forwarding.