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Attached you will find diagram of my home network + tracert. Please review before reading below, to help with context.

I have two routers. One has my NAS server and regular daily traffic. The second router is setup with NordVPN with killswitch. The second router has all traffic going through VPN.

Computer 1 is able to mount NAS server.

Computer 2 is able to ping the NAS server and I am able to access it using the IP address in Chrome. It takes me to the server GUI. However, I am unable to mount the drive to computer 2 in file explorer - it can't find the server.

What have I tried?

  1. Make sure its setup as a private network
  2. Make sure file sharing is turned on computer 2
  3. Tried turning off firewall at computer 2, router 1, and router 2
  4. Computer 2 is able to mount the NAS server if I am connected to router 1, but it does not mount when connected to router 2.

Network layout + Tracert

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  • If you can ping NAS from PC2, but can't mount file-share its likely router2-asus or even tp-link-router1 has a firewall blocking SMB/file-share network ports. 1)which port on router1 connects to router2? I suspect LAN. 2)cable from router1 to router2, which port is it connected to on router2, WAN/Internet? 3)VPN on router2 may also be complicating things. Can you temporarily turn it off to understand if that is culprit or factor? – gregg May 31 '23 at 21:37
  • Naming can be an issue when you are using split tunneling with a VPN. are you trying to connect to SMB by name or by IP or both? – Frank Thomas May 31 '23 at 22:11

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