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IP address of ReadNAS Remote
I am slightly confused over the connections available for the ReadyNAS.
I know that my local network can see the ReadyNAS and that I can use the DHCP IP address assigned by my router to view the admin of the ReadyNAS but I am confused over the IP address used for ReadyNAS Remote which is not an IP on my network but resolves to an address in Germany as belonging to ZeXoTeK IT-Services. I have also noticed a new network adaptor called the Leaf Network Adaptor.
Can someone explain the reason for these and if this is fully secure. If I connect using ReadyNAS Remote from a computer on the same LAN as the Readynas itself am I going all the way to Germany and back to interact with it.
I know that my local network can see the ReadyNAS and that I can use the DHCP IP address assigned by my router to view the admin of the ReadyNAS but I am confused over the IP address used for ReadyNAS Remote which is not an IP on my network but resolves to an address in Germany as belonging to ZeXoTeK IT-Services. I have also noticed a new network adaptor called the Leaf Network Adaptor.
Can someone explain the reason for these and if this is fully secure. If I connect using ReadyNAS Remote from a computer on the same LAN as the Readynas itself am I going all the way to Germany and back to interact with it.
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- The addresses assigned to the Leaf adapter are private to the tunnel generated by the Remote client. It's basically a VPN between the NAS and your client system, with the 5.x.x.x addresses being used as the local network.
- As my NAS and client system are on the same network, if I use the connection through the leaf adapter is the data being transferred over the internet through the VPN?
I understand that the Leaf adapter VPN route would be useful for a remote client but when its on the same LAN its seems odd that it would be included in the installation setup of the NAS. - If you are accessing the NAS by its LAN address, then it's local LAN traffic. If you are accessing via Remote address it is via the Remote tunnel. Simple as that.
It's expected that if you are local to the NAS you won't bother with using the Remote client, since there's no need for it. - Thanks for the reply, thats what I thought, I was confused as to why the setup process asked me to setup the remote option on the same PC shortly after setting up the LAN option. I probably misread the information.
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