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ReadyNAS Online (VPN Disconnected)
Hi, I have two RN10222D ReadyNAS units, one at my home and the other at my office. I have ReadyCloud Windows app installed on my home computer, office computer and laptop. From either home or offi...
Ok so here's a bit more.
As usual Readycloud logs in and can see the NAS but says VPN disconnected so can't see any shares.
I created a router to router PPTP VPN tunnel between the two sites, click the refresh arrows in the Readycloud software and within a few second connected locally and all working. So that disproves the username case issue.
Drop the VPN, refresh the app and back to VPN disconnected.
Another discovery after checking other sites where it is working....... The leaf networks adaptor on a working site is assigned an external IP address once connected and working. On a VPN disconnected site the adaptor is not assigned an external IP but a 169.?.?.? as in it failed to get an IP.
As usual Readycloud logs in and can see the NAS but says VPN disconnected so can't see any shares.
I created a router to router PPTP VPN tunnel between the two sites, click the refresh arrows in the Readycloud software and within a few second connected locally and all working. So that disproves the username case issue.
Drop the VPN, refresh the app and back to VPN disconnected.
Another discovery after checking other sites where it is working....... The leaf networks adaptor on a working site is assigned an external IP address once connected and working. On a VPN disconnected site the adaptor is not assigned an external IP but a 169.?.?.? as in it failed to get an IP.
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