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Jun 15, 2023

Managing a ReadyNAS after ReadyCloud is gone

I've seen a few posts about ReadyCloud alternatives, but most seem to be focused on accessing shares remotely. I don't need to access the shares, but I do need to be able to access the NAS GUI to do ...

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Jun 15, 2023

travis_dcc wrote:

I don't need to access the shares, but I do need to be able to access the NAS GUI to do firmware updates, setup users, etc. Is anyone else doing that with something other than ReadyCloud?

Are you saying you want to do that remotely???

If you are on the same network, just browse to https://nas-ip-address/admin or https://nas-name/admin (using the real IP address or hostname of course).

If you want to access the web admin ui remotely, there are three options:

create a secondary https port in the NAS setup, and forward that port to your NAS from your router
use an inbound VPN (like openVPN) if that is available in your router.
user ZeroTier

(1) and (2) would also need DDNS so you could connect with a URL instead of an IP address.

(2) and (3) offer the best security.

abbots

Aspirant

Jun 28, 2023

what browser can I use to access NAS ?

I'm trying to access RN10400 with browser, keep getting

Connecting to Admin Page, then, after maybe 60 seconds ? get 'Ready NAS Admin page is offline'

saw elsewhere here thread to use Firefox 0.94 ?, didn't work either

schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 28, 2023
abbots wrote:

what browser can I use to access NAS ?

Any industry standard and decent Web browsers are workable.
- abbots
  Aspirant
  Jun 28, 2023
  tried current Chrome current Edge on up to date W10, tried FFox on W7, getting a progress stripe for maybe 60 secs or so, then get the message 'Ready NAS Admin page is offline', NAS is online, can access files/folders via network folder share
  
  saw in another thread suggestion to use FF .94, tried several FF version, same issue
  
  NAS works fine, can access data, can't access web GUI
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 28, 2023
    abbots wrote:
    saw in another thread suggestion to use FF .94
    
    Not relevant for your NAS, that is a workaround for systems that run 4.x and 5.x firmware. Not for 6.x.
    
    abbots wrote:
    
    tried current Chrome current Edge on up to date W10, tried FFox on W7, getting a progress stripe for maybe 60 secs or so, then get the message 'Ready NAS Admin page is offline', NAS is online, can access files/folders via network folder share
    
    I suspect you will see precisely the same behavior with ReadyCloud. It's not about your browser.
    
    Try rebooting the NAS.