In this article I'll show you how you can configure you Synology NAS to use a VPN. In this case I'm using DSM 5.1.

Why use a VPN client?

A VPN client will help mask your activities online by tunneling your traffic through an intermediary proxy.

Why would you want to configure your Synology NAS to use a VPN … well lets just say this might especially be of interest to those using Synology Download Station 😉