ZeroTier and the ReadyNAS

OK, so NASTools has now created a package that includes a CLI, so no need for SSH any more.  It is for 6.6.0 only at this point (maybe and higher, I'm not sure; it does check).  If you want it, it's available here: https://github.com/NAStools/zerotierone/releases/tag/readynas%2F1.1.14-nt2.

If you installed the standard package via SSH, you have to stop and uninstall it first.  And the configuration files are in a different location (/apps/nastools-zerotier-one/var/ instead of /var/lib/zerotier-one/), so you'll need to move them over unless you don't mind having a new device ID.  Note that an apt-get --purge remove zerotier-one does not remove the configuration files.

I had hopes that this could be a way to connect to both older NASes and newer ones, and even the two to each other, since the older don't support ReadyCloud and the newer don't support ReadyNAS remote.  It's not looking good.  I found some info from somebody who tried to compile and install on a SPARC Duo, and it failed; and he appeared to know what he was doing.  It seams Debian Etch is just too old.  The old SPARC processor may not have the necessary horespower, anyway.  I'm still hoping to do something with the Duo V2 and NV+ V2, since Debian Squeeze is newer (but, unfortunately, also now considered unsupported).  This is a stretch for me, but I do have a system to try it on.  But if anyone has more (which means any) experience compiling on the OS5 systems, your help would be greatly appreciated.  For 64 bit Intel-based units running OS 4.2.x, the best bet is to upgrade to OS6. 

But, ZeroTier should happily co-exist with the ReadyNAS Remote app, so using those two can give you connectivity to all machine types, though through different interfaces.  Still better than having to choose between Remote and Cloud because Netgear didn't make them capable of co-existing.  And Zerotier can also be used as a bridge, so that's a potential partial solution, though not well documented and requiring a NAS with two ethernet ports.