Access backend availlable outside local network

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I would like to make the backend of my Access database availlable to link with the frontend via a QNAP TS-112 NAS.

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Publishing anything on your NAS to the internet outside of using a Container is not recommended.

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And as the TS-112 is a 16 year old low power NAS, no containers are possible

Also what exactly is your QNAP WebGUI frontent supposed to to with your acdb?

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Iā€™m aware the NAS is old and publishing to the internet is a potential problem, but the only data on the NAS is this small Access backend. The reson is that I would like to connect the frontend of twoor three different persons, who are not in the same local network, to this backend. They will see the same data. We are a group of volunteers who do education projects with young children. You might have a better solution for me.

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Setting up a VPN on your router (or Raspberry Pi, etc) would be a much more secure and relatively easy thing to do. It would give the remote users access and nothing would have to change on your NAS.

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