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Jan 31, 2017

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ReadyNAS online (VPN Disconnected)

I have a readyNAS RN102 running 6.6.1 firmwhare. My PC is running win 10 and readycloud 1.15. The problem is that i get the VPN disconnected message and i cannot access my drive with readycloud eithe...

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JennC
Feb 06, 2017
Hello cad4ty,

It should be resolved now. Have you already tried again?

Regards,

McRob1

Luminary

Mar 06, 2017

Well it worked fine for two days. It worked March 4 and March 5.

Now it's back to not working again. I guess it only works on weekends.

I sure wish Netgear could figure out how to fix it for more than just two days in a row.

scravatt

Apprentice

Mar 06, 2017

Very frustrating that the VPN service is so unreliable. How would a business be successful if they relied on this service?....pretty sad!

NETGEAR...Fix this once and for all so it always works! Flakey VPN service is not acceptable.

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 06, 2017
scravatt wrote:

Very frustrating that the VPN service is so unreliable.

I agree. There are alternatives though, and I suggest that you might want look into them.
- McRob1
  Luminary
  Mar 06, 2017
  StephenB
  
  So what do you suggest we use rather than ReadyCloud since ReadyCloud is not reliable enough to use.
  
  There must be a non Netgear alternative software out there that actually works?
  
  I can't even get level 2 support at Netgar to admit there is a problem with ReadyCloud.
  They claim they havent had reports of it not working.
  
  I guess everyone else has already figured out they need to use non Netgear software to do VPM?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 06, 2017
    McRob1 wrote:
    
    I guess everyone else has already figured out they need to use non Netgear software to do VPM?
    
    There's more than one use case out there (backup, remote access for yourself, controlled sharing...). The options for you could also depend on what mix of readynas you have.
    
    Some alternatives (no particular order)
    
    OpenVPN
    
    ZeroTier
    
    OwnCloud
    
    FTPs with port forwarding in the router
    
    Rsync over SSH (backup only)
    
    sync to a cloud service.
    
    sync via Resilio
    
    These are all described in the public forum areas.