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Connecting a ReadyNAS iSCSI to a remote server
Hello, I'm trying to connect to my ReadyNAS from my server at work via iSCSI. The server discovers the target but when I try to connect it hangs for about two minutes and finally errors "Connecti...
I did a quick test with a RN214 and, just for the record, it does return the IP address assigned to its LAN interface in response to a 'SendTargets' from the initiator. So in the case of your home router, the DMZ setup on it (at least per the quick glance I took at the manual for it) still peforms NAT (as StephenB explained) as the IP address assigned to the devices on the DMZ are still private IP addresses. In order for this to work over the Internet without a VPN or other tunnel you'd need to have the ReadyNas on the same segment as the 'Internet' interface with an IP address in the same subnet as the Internet interface of your home router. Also, as StephenB mentioned, I'd not do that with anything I even remotely considered valuable.
I think you'll have success with the VPN connection method and your use-case for this sounds feasible (small files/infrequent use) given the bandwidth you have provided your Internet connections aren't being heavily used otherwise.
Good luck with it!
Sorry I was out of town this weekend. It sounds like I'm trying to do is possible.
To answer your questions:
Yes this is more for having a secure access for moving small files that I want to offload from my server from time to time. Both sites have a pretty quick connection (office 300Mbps upload/home 100Mbps download). A VPN is something I had considered.
The router at home is a cheaper Cisco Linksys EA3500 (plan to replace soon). Right now the NAS is configured in the DMZ so port forwarding from the home shouldn't be an issue. I wonder if I need to forward any ports on my firewall at my office (Sonicwall TZ300)?
Both sites are statically assigned on the WAN. The NAS is statically assigned on the router.
For now I'm going to look into any port forwarding that needs to be done from my office. Thanks for the replies.
I did a quick test with a RN214 and, just for the record, it does return the IP address assigned to its LAN interface in response to a 'SendTargets' from the initiator. So in the case of your home router, the DMZ setup on it (at least per the quick glance I took at the manual for it) still peforms NAT (as StephenB explained) as the IP address assigned to the devices on the DMZ are still private IP addresses. In order for this to work over the Internet without a VPN or other tunnel you'd need to have the ReadyNas on the same segment as the 'Internet' interface with an IP address in the same subnet as the Internet interface of your home router. Also, as StephenB mentioned, I'd not do that with anything I even remotely considered valuable.
I think you'll have success with the VPN connection method and your use-case for this sounds feasible (small files/infrequent use) given the bandwidth you have provided your Internet connections aren't being heavily used otherwise.
Good luck with it!
Thanks for the information.
As an update I ended up building an L2TP VPN, seems like everything is working this way so far. When I get this router replaced I'll probably configure a site-to-site VPN instead with the new firewall. I'm going to mark this as resolved for now.
Thanks for the update! Glad you hear you were successful in getting that accomplised.
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