Crashplan for Dummies, aka Step by Step :)

StephenB wrote:
Did you use the same command options that are in the guide? The -na is important.

I am now seeing my ReadyNAS listening on port 4242. I dunno why it wasn't before. I ran the same netstat command and only saw it listening on 4243. After I ran the Desktop Client for the first time, I think it started to listen on 4242. A little strange and unexpected but at least it's working.

StephenB wrote:
Yes, this is normal. BTW, make sure you select the shares under the "C" volume for backup, the top level folders you will see are symbolic links (shortcuts) - if you pick them, crashplan will backup the shortcut file, but not the data.

I am familiar with linux symlinking, but thanks for the tip. Backup is working great and I've already tested a restore. A little strange that the default restore location is the conf folder. But I am able to change that on the fly so it's not a big deal. Anyone know of way to make it default to original location so I don't have to change it everytime?

StephenB wrote:
If you change ui.properties back, you can run the desktop client to manage the crashplan server that is locally installed on your PC. This would be important to people who have a multi-PC license. So this behavior is expected.

I guess I misunderstood the guide. I was actually using the following link for my guide (http://www.shasam.net/blog/2012/3/21/cr ... s-x86.html). I was under the impression that even after I changed my ui.properties back to the default I should still be able to manage my ReadyNAS without puttying first. I guess I have to putty in everytime. Not a big deal. Besides that, the only other two things that were unexpected from the guide was that my readynas didn't start listening to port 4242 until after I connected with my Desktop Client and i always got a connection refused when telneting to localhost on port 4200. But everything works regardless of those two differences.

I'm on Verizon Fios 25/25 plan and am seeing speeds at around 9Mbps. Anyone know if that's a limitation of Crashplan? Or I wonder if my Fios service isn't living up to it's advertised plan. My speedtest results show around 20Mbps, so I am curious as to what other people are seeing.