Question Backup folders on PC to NAS on a different network

[ubulord]

I'd be very thankful if anyone could help me here. I've just bought a QNAP and I want to do the following:
a) place the QNAP on my holiday home
b) backup folders on my PC to NAS (it will be on a different network, 100 km away)
c) I can't use QNAP's own backup program (NetBak Replicator) because instead of backing up "Test" (on my PC) to "Test" (on the QNAP) it instead creates an unwanted path on the QNAP - "\\NASXXXXX\Test\NetBakData\PSM@DESKTOP-XXXXX\Disk G\Test". This artificial path renders the backup useless for my intended purposes.
d) some backup/sync software also create unwanted paths (like NetBak Replicator does) but some don't. I always use the ones that don't, like FreeFileSync or Goodsync, but I've only used those to backup to USB, never to a NAS on a different network.
e) although I'm very proficient with computers I have zero experience with stuff like SFTP, FTP, etc., so any configuration to allow FreeFileSync or Goodsync to backup to the QNAP on a different network will need to be explained in detail and step by step.
f) alternatively, if there is any way of making NetBak Replicator behave normally and not create artificial paths that would also be a viable (actually preferable) solution
Thanks in advance for any help
Pedro

 

[bill001g]

So how did you solve the problem of getting the data to the other house. The software you use to move the data is actually the easy part. At first I though netbak was some special cloud based system that qnap provided but it appears it is just a program that works locally.

If you have not actually solved how you are connecting the 2 houses you have a long way to go. It is not something that can be explained in a forum really. You may want to look at QNAP and see what they have available.

The first and most important thing is you must have a public ip address at a least one end of the connection best if it is the location with the qnap. If you do not have that you pretty much can't do it because you have no way to contact the remote house.

What you want is a VPN. There are a number of ways to do this with servers or many routers you can load vpn software one. Some NAS devices also support vpn. VPN is not simple but it is not hard either. The main problem is the method you use to set it up depend so much on the devices you are going to run it on. There is no standard interface say on a router.

What you want is a point to point vpn using openvpn.

When you get this accomplished the NAS appears as a local device on your lan....more or less.

 

[ubulord]

Thanks for your input.
I intend to copy all the data to the QNAP via USB, then move it to the holiday house and connect it from there to my home PC, so that I can keep the folders updated. I presently have the QNAP on my next door neighbour's house, so it's on a different network para just 20 metres away, so it's easy to get to it.
Thanks for your suggestions. I'm delving into an area that I know almost nothing about. I can foresee weeks of watching YouTube tutorials... I have tried to install OpenVPN. Although it wasn't totally successful it must be, at least, partly working, because QNAP's Qsync is now working.
Qsync doesn't do what I want though, it's sort of a "Dropbox" two-way sync that requires the files to be on my PC and not on external (portable) drives. What I need is something that works like FreeFileSyn: one-way non recurring backup that backs up only when I tell it to, as part of what I want to keep updated is not on my PC but on external drives instead.

 

[jsmithepa]

Must have decent Internet bandwidth on both ends. Do some simple math will tell you how long the backup will take. Of course can schedule in the middle of the night.