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Help me with what to purchase.
Hi all, I'm looking at getting a ReadyNAS system, as all my colleagues at work have one - so that seems as good a testimony as any. My current data requirements are; Music: 1.2TB and growing ...
There are three obstacles to overcome.
1 - DLNA was not designed to go beyond the local LAN.
2 - Your NAS will be behind your home firewall, and you will usually be behind a second one when you are on the road. The solution to this problem is to have an internet server (not behind a firewall) help set up the connection. In some cases this server can "get out of the way", in others your media has to be forwarded through this server. Performance of that server can be a bottleneck.
3. Having enough bandwidth. In many cases your internet uplink bandwidth is a lot lower than your downlink. Speedtest.net can help you sort out what you are actually getting. Also, there are some ISPs that have a bandwidth cap for uploading. Anyway, if you have a slow uplink you might have issues with MP3, and certainly with video (which is more bandwidth intensive).
1 - DLNA was not designed to go beyond the local LAN.
2 - Your NAS will be behind your home firewall, and you will usually be behind a second one when you are on the road. The solution to this problem is to have an internet server (not behind a firewall) help set up the connection. In some cases this server can "get out of the way", in others your media has to be forwarded through this server. Performance of that server can be a bottleneck.
3. Having enough bandwidth. In many cases your internet uplink bandwidth is a lot lower than your downlink. Speedtest.net can help you sort out what you are actually getting. Also, there are some ISPs that have a bandwidth cap for uploading. Anyway, if you have a slow uplink you might have issues with MP3, and certainly with video (which is more bandwidth intensive).
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