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I also Synology and I sync to another Synology offsite, under Task Scheduler I had to add -
Enable Tailscale Outbound
User - Root - Boot Up

Task Settings:
Run command
/var/packages/Tailscale/target/bin/tailscale configure-host; synosystemctl restart pkgctl-Tailscale.service


Thank you! That ...

Hi,

Ok. You have tailscale which gives you an IP address to your internal computer but not an SMB connection.

What software are you using to mount the SMB share.? I might be able to give you some suggestions.


Hi, sorry for the late reply, and thanks a lot for yours!
My NAS is a Synology, so I ...

Ok, sorry I should have been more specific. When you map the drive to the nas are you doing it with what protocol SMB or SFTP?


Thanks for your reply!
I'm using SMB, I used SFTP for a long time but wanted to switch to SMB via Tailscale for security reasons.

The connection to Tailscale is direct ...

Just a guess, but maybe you have Volume Shadow Copy enabled? That would be a problem since it only works on local drives. ravishahani, 21 Apr 2026, 07:19

Hi, thanks though this option isn't enabled

Hi,

What operating system are you on and what are you mapping to? Perhaps I can try and duplicate this because I also have tailscale installed. John1234, 22 Apr 2026, 02:48

Hi!
thank you for your reply and sorry for the delay, I was away for a while.
I'm on Windows 11 and mapping a distant Synology NAS, via Tailscale.

Hi,
I'm trying to transfer files from a mapped network drive connected via Tailscale, and while that works well via the explorer somehow FFS can't copy for more than a few seconds before the transfer rate drops to 0 and eventually displays an error message (ERROR_UNEXP_NET_ERR:An unexpected network ...