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ReadyShare -- External Access not working
Issue with RAX48 router (Not an option from the drop-down list above)
I am able to work with 1TB readyshare drive while connecting from various devices (Android, Win10 Pro, Iphone) while connected to the network.
All attempts at remote (via internet) are not working. I have researched, set up my DDNS account, tested it with the netgear app, but this doesn't work remotely.
I am attempting to set up a "home" based server similar to onedrive, dropbox etc. and have remote access. I tried to use Netgear's product, but alas this has been discontinued.
On the setup page on the route this provides a link to an address for remote access. This does not work,
My suspicion is that port forwarding and/or my router firewall (Bitdefender) router based is blocking this attempt. -- I HAVE NOT set up port forwarding.. nor have I "opened" port 444. The instructions in the user manual are worthless. I have read each and every word very carefully.. But the manual for the modem does not provide enough info to resolve this issue.
I have also searched this community prior to writing, so if I missed this in another post, my apologies to the superusers.
Any suggestions to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
As the ready share works as a Network attached drive from while access locally, I do think this is a setup issue.
If it matters, I am using a 1TB Samsung solid state disc drive formatted as NTFS.- (as exFat) for this device was not supported) This is connected via the USB port on the NetGear RAX48 device. F
Tthis has been working very well with extremely fast access to the files, I now am frustrated at obtaining remote access to this readyshare drive.
Thanking you in advance for any assistance, or direct to get assistance.
Rick
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Many ISPs will block any attempts to have an SMB share be accessible directly over the WAN, since it is seen as a major security risk, and since some users will mistakenly fail to set up their network security to ensure that none of that traffic leaves through the WAN port, especially when using routers that lack good security defaults, and instead rely on the user configuring their firewall manually (common with pfsense, and some of the ubiquiti edgerouter products. While there are many benefits to having additional controls, the major issues of poor configurations have lead to ISPs taking the steps to block such traffic for residential connections.
While you can have remote FTP access, I recommend against it as well since it is not as secure as simply relying on the VPN server for remotely accessing those network shares.
If you have ddns setup, then all you really need to do is set up the VPN server, then when you want to access readyshare and other local resources, you can simply connect to the VPN first, and then have easy access to your LAN facing resources.If you have a separate NAS or home server, and you do not want to have to use a VPN to access them, then be sure to research all recommended ways of securing it so that it doesn't end up as part of a bot network or a foothold on your netwwork to constantly run through a vast array of exploit toolkits on every other device on the LAN.
When the device is properly secured enough to be exposed to the WAN, then forward the ports it needs (some services will need multiple ports forwarded). Also make sure the device is not behind a double NAT.
