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ReadyCLOUD gone after April 4th, 2023
I received this email from Netgear on 12/04/2022: "We wanted to let you know that NETGEAR is discontinuing support for the ReadyCLOUD feature on your NETGEAR router on April 4th, 2023. The ReadyCL...
This is admittedly not the ideal solution but I'll mention it just as a potential alternative.
I'm using an Asus AX89X router with the new .388 firmware branch that supports WireGuard. It's incredible. When I'm outside the house, it's giving me almost seamless high-speed access to my entire local network, my ReadyNAS included, on all my devices. So if you think the cost–benefit is there, it might be something to consider. The AX89X, like a lot of new Asus routers, has 10Gbps LAN ports and a multi-Gig WAN port, so you get more out of >1Gbps NAS and ISP connections if you have happen to have them.
Using OpenWRT on your Nighthawk X10 and installing ZeroTier is another option for remote access. Using Entware, ZeroTier can also be installed on some other router firmware (Tomato and DD-WRT for sure). If there is an always-on device on your network, you could instead use that as a ZeroTier bridge. Or you could move the USB drive from the router to an always-on device running ZeroTier and not need to bridge the networks. Many favor a Raspberry Pi as that always on device, but a micro-PC or even just an old PC ready for retirement could also serve that purpose running Linux or Windows. A NAS (but not a Netgear ReadyNAS since they seem to have dropped the product line) that supports ZeroTier or it's own remote access protocol is another option.
For file sharing, OwnCloud or NextCloud are options, also running on that always-on device.
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