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Netgear Terminating ReadyCLOUD Service
Since Netgear will terminate ReadyCLOUD service by April 1st, how can I access to my NAS device remotely? Is there any solutions/instructions by Netgear or anyone who can using other solutions? Thx...
Yes, there are alternatives, which have already been discussed in other message threads..
A VPN hosted in your router and ZeroTier are the easiest/most secure, IMHO. You can also make provisions for remotely using FTPS or SFTP via port forwarding, but that requires you to either have a fixed IP or use a Dynamic DNS provider. There are even ways to use OwnCloud or NextCloud, setting up the shares you want to access as "external" (to OwnCloud/NextCloud). They also require a fixed IP or DDNS, but are a bit more secure (IMHO) than port forwarding.
As for why, it's very clear that Netgear is leaving the NAS market, though this will also affect a lot of their routers that offer it. ReadyCloud requires that Netgear maintain a server that acts as the "operator" to connect your NAS and app. And, of course, they have to do updates of the app as other OSes change and provide user support. Since they don't charge for it, they rely on new sales to fund it, and those have gone away as far as NAS are concerned.
Have you looked at Asustor? Expansion capabilities are also good.
For about Netgear, I haven't had many problems so far and not complain aboout it's stability but from now on I'm thinking of staying away from Netgear NAS devices, especially which have slow 32Bit ARM processors like my RN214.
Leventh wrote:
Have you looked at Asustor?
Just took a quick look, and I think worth considering. Hardware looks good.
Leventh wrote:
but from now on I'm thinking of staying away from Netgear NAS devices, especially which have slow 32Bit ARM processors like my RN214.
The RN214 is a 7 year old platform, and I think was quite competitive when it was launched. It's still a good option for storage, as it will keep up with a gigabit network connection.
The "elephant in the room" is that Netgear hasn't launched a new ReadyNAS platform since 2017. No indication that it ever will, instead it looks like they are just quiet-quitting the storage segment of their business.
The VPN options for ReadyNAS also apply to other NAS systems. There are up-to-date specific versions of ZeroTier for some. So adopting one of those options makes things more future-proof and allows easy concurrent use of different brands (including DIY).
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