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RN104 connecting to the Internet
I have a pair of RN104s, both running firmware 6.4.1. I've noticed in my firewall logs that both of them are attempting to connect to the Internet, attempting to connect to what appear to be Amazon ...
ReadyCLOUD does a discover request up to readycloud.netgear.com -- this is to be able to discover your NAS from ReadyCLOUD. If not, then you use RAIDar or the LCD to find your NAS on the local network.
Another one of the possibilities is due to some upcoming functionality that'll change in 6.5.0. This functionality validates serial number and firmware version for auth to Cloud services. Even with all Cloud services off, this process still seems to be active.
Your RN104 slowness is likely caused by antivirus; we have a known issue on this that we're investigating.
So is there a definite answer for this? All cloud services are disabled on my RN104s, yet my firewall, which is blocking all traffic between the Internet and these devices, reports something like 1.7 million attempts in the last 3 weeks to reach the Internet. What is it doing, and how do I shut it off?
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