Puzzled by ReadyNasRemote

Readynas Remote gives you the same access you'd get on the local LAN, but over the internet. It also provides the ability to connect to mobile devices. Though there have been some issues with it lately (I don't use it myself).

On the forums, ReadyNASExtra is not a Netgear site. I am not sure what you mean by community - is that this forum? If so, it is part of ReadyNAS.com

Thanks made it clearer.

TonVH wrote:
On the subject here. I am using a Mac and can see all the shares and copy/move/read/write whatever I want. So the function of the addon ReadyNasRemote is unclear. I cannot find any explanation so before installing I would like to know "what is the benefit of this addon"? Since I prefer to not do any unnecessary installs.

ReadyNAS Remote > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEBqP-m2404
ReadyDROP Cloud Technology for NETGEAR ReadyNAS > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B0bYXs07a4
How to Setup ReadyNAS ReadyDROP > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... hbsqrGwio#!

Will have a look at those.

A general question:

I have the feeling that all these products run with Netgear Inc. as inbetween. Is that correct? I am getting the feeling I will not be happy with these kind of products.

Cloud servers do require an internet server, pretty much by definition. so you are correct in your assessment. Whether you are ok with that is another matter - many are, but of course some are not.

There are other ways to access your NAS over the internet - for instance FTP. This would require you to set up port forwarding in your router, but would not require Netgear servers. You would also want a dynamic DNS address (which does require a server, but is only used to "find" your router).

StephenB wrote:

Cloud servers do require an internet server, pretty much by definition. so you are correct in your assessment. Whether you are ok with that is another matter - many are, but of course some are not. There are other ways to access your NAS over the internet - for instance FTP. This would require you to set up port forwarding in your router, but would not require Netgear servers. You would also want a dynamic DNS address (which does require a server, but is only used to "find" your router).

Starting to understand it better.

I was specifically talking about the iPhone/iPad app like RN Remote & ReadyDLNA. These are apps I would not expect to go thru Netgear. I do know others (Qnap, Synology) where these type of apps connect directly to the NAS and do not need an intermediate.

At the same time a side question. Thru which port can I connect to the Ultra for managin access i.e. using Frontview?

TonVH wrote:
I was specifically talking about the iPhone/iPad app like RN Remote & ReadyDLNA. These are apps I would not expect to go thru Netgear. I do know others (Qnap, Synology) where these type of apps connect directly to the NAS and do not need an intermediate. At the same time a side question. Thru which port can I connect to the Ultra for managin access i.e. using Frontview?

Remote connections use Leaf Network service which only establishes the connection after that it is a direct peer to peer connection, one of the benefits of this is you do not have to worry about ip addresses dynamically changing,
take a look at this post more detailed info how this works > http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=30019#p165906

Not all the data traffic goes through the Netgear servers. It would be a last ditch effort. The following is the order that we try to make the connection with ReadyNAS Remote:
*p2p bridge (The Netgear servers will only manage the tunnels, but once the p2p tunnel is established it will only transfer the data directly to your device.)
*relay bridge (After attempting the different methods of the p2p bridge, it will use the last effort of relay bridge which will pipe the connection through our server to reach its destination.)


Using Frontview or management interface is based on https or port 443.

@ HERBIEO & OOM-9:

Thanks for clearing this up. I understand this problably is advantagous to most people. Yet I regret that they did not also make the option to enter manually the address/IP. (I know, I am not the regular user).

TonVH wrote:
@ HERBIEO & OOM-9: Thanks for clearing this up. I understand this problably is advantagous to most people. Yet I regret that they did not also make the option to enter manually the address/IP. (I know, I am not the regular user).

ES File Explorer works quite well with Android devices (accessing your ultra using FTP).