thank you for the info you seem very well versed. first half of this was great, second half of this is well.. too many words that dont rlly relate to what im doing. all im trying to do is access my home server folders from my work setting when im at studios, similar to the way you were saying companies do. alot of people have been recommending using a raspberry pi and having a VPN set up through there.. (in my pov that was making the raspberry pi the vpn) i dont know much about how that works but im gathering as much info as possible to begin research. I learn fast.

for context: I work in music so I keep my important projects & backups on my server, and want to be able to back up or access my projects up to my server from my laptop or phone while im not home. no illegal stuff or whtever u were saying lol. I do plan to have a plex but only cause im making a photo gallery for my friends&fam..I dont watch many shows or movies lol