ReadyNas Remote and IOS 11

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Bob94301 wrote:

 

ReadyNas Duo - 4.1.14

 

 

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My own duo is still in service as a backup NAS.  One challenge is that it only supports SMB1, which is rapidly being deprecated by Microsoft.  So you should start thinking about replacing it at some point.  The RN212 is the current 2-bay entry ReadyNAS.  It's about 5x faster than your Duo, and of course does support ReadyCloud.

In the meantime, there are three basic options. 

(a) You can access the NAS itself using FTPS (and DDNS).  This requires forwarding ports in your firewall, and finding apps on your iOS device that support it.  AVPlayerHD is one app that does.  You'll probably get better results if you first copy the media to the iOS device, and then play it.

(b) If your router supports OpenVPN (Netgear Nighthawks do), you can install the OpenVPN client on your iOS device.  That will let you access your full network remotely, so whatever apps/services you use at home now will just work.  A variant of this is to install ZeroTier on a PC (windows or mac) on your home network.  It is possible to set this up so you also have full (and secure) access to your home network over the internet.  You do need to make sure that PC is always on.

(c) Another approach is to mount the NAS "C" volume as a drive letter on a PC.  Then use that PC as an application server.  For instance, run Plex server on the PC, and use the plex app on the iOS device.  Resilio Sync can also be installed on the PC and the iOS device (and of course ZeroTier if you want it).

Even though I have OS 6 NAS that support ReadyCloud, I prefer using (b) and (c) - and don't have ReadyCloud enabled on my NAS.