Revisiting this ... 
Q: Do I need a 3rd party or can I access my NAS with WireGuard?
:shrug:
It's not clear to me if you need a 3rd party... where exactly have you landed in the last month+?
Typically the use case for a 3rd party server (either a VPN provider or a VPS) is one of these two situations:
- You want to be able to connect to your home network from a remote location, but your home ISP doesn't provide a public IP -- this becomes the 'broker' in the connection.
- You want to use another IP address as your 'apparent' IP for the purposes of preventing your ISP from monitoring your usage and/or geo-location reasons.
I don't 'think' I need a 3rd party but sometimes I don't think I know anything!
Allow me to explain what I would like to do:
I would like to access my NAS remotely on my iPhone and potentially my work laptop
I used to use the FileBrowser app on my iPhone to access my NAS remotely - I have NO-IP set up and all worked fine
I heard that FileBrowser is not secure and VPN sounds like a great idea
I have Virgin Media as my ISP and the router is set to MoDem mode
I have a TP-Link router flashed with OpenWrt 22.03.3
I have installed WireGuard on the TPLink as well as my iPhone
When I run the VPN on my iPhone, no connection is made
I am sure that it is something simple but I cannot fathom it out
I was thinking that maybe the simple error was that I needed a VPN like NordVPN but would prefer to have a zero cost associated with this task
I do hope that makes sense!!
TiA
I am going to close this and start another thread ... as this seems to have died
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