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NETGEAR will be terminating ReadyCLOUD - Lack of notice
Sounds like this is EOL:
"NETGEAR will be terminating ReadyCLOUD service by April 4th, 2023. ReadyCLOUD mobile app, desktop application, and ReadyCLOUD web portal readycloud.netgear.com will all be terminated by April 4th, 2023. After that date, you can continue to access locally your ReadyNAS, or access locally the USB drive connected to the routers, but remote access won’t be available."
Not only is this very very frustrating to see the product being canned like this. The communication has been non-existent at best.
By chance I logged into the readycloud site and got the notice just now. How come there is no email? How come the app that will go dead doesn't show anything. How come there is no notice on the site when you're not logged in. It seems to be the lowest effort to check the EOL box.
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If you are looking for alternatives, the two main ones discussed here are ZeroTier and OpenVPN.
StephenB wrote:If you are looking for alternatives, the two main ones discussed here are ZeroTier and OpenVPN.
I saw the other discussions, thanks. My issue is that I have been using the cloud accounts as advertised and setup family sharing / cloud backup service for everyone. Using the cloud accounts it was basic but worked. I'm not looking forward to setting up VPN for everyone and dealing with the support of all these Android / iOS and Desktop devices. Before it was, download the app and login.
Right now I'm exploring syncthing and resilio but I'm really on the backfoot here.
l087550m5i wrote:
Right now I'm exploring syncthing and resilio but I'm really on the backfoot here.
FWIW, I do use resillio sync, but it is set up on a PC, not the NAS. It can be used to back up at least some things on mobile devices (photos for example).
Seems to be a change of date for EOL, with no notice. I had a plan in place, with an execution date of May 1, but now i have to move up the schedule. So now I need a temp solution until the permanent plan can be executed.
Probably SharePoint.
I'm thinking of moving to this
Synology DiskStation DS220+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
Looks like it has a good file sharing interface, has any one used it? Thoughts?
Yes, I just bought a Synology NAS as a long-term permanent replacement solution to NetGear ReadyNAS. I find the pricing is good, the hardware is good, the options are good. But if you need a replacement for the ReadyCloud (VPN), they do not have it. You basically have to build a VPN Server on the Synology NAS, and then use either the OS VPN built-in, or a third-party VPN on the client side. Not nearly as nice as the Windows ReadyCloud desktop app I use now.
JohnS530 - Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.
Since I don't have a NAS but use ReadyShare via my router-USB port I'll now be looking into ASUS:
https://www.digitalcitizen.life/how-to-turn-your-asus-router-into-a-nas/
"Buying a NAS (Network Attached Storage) solution can be expensive and overkill for most home users. A more affordable option is to get an external hard drive or SSD and connect it to your router using the USB port. You can then set up the router to share the drive with your network or the internet to build your own "cloud storage." If you have an ASUS wireless router or an ASUS mesh Wi-Fi system, here's how to turn it into a NAS using a USB hard disk or SSD:"
Stay tuned
Same
I guess I'll be taking my custom elsewhere
I've never used that kind of solution. But you may want to post in the proper section (this is the NAS section) and see what options are available for local or VPN access of your files. But I agree that you are in a better place cost-wise to change to another company than those who have invested in a NAS.
I did want to comment that the article you reference doesn't even take into consideration that a NAS typically uses RAID, providing some protection from drive failures as well as expandability. That they consider those "overkill" is, IMHO, very short sighted. If you also have real cloud storage and you want a local way of accessing files faster, then it's certainly a good option. But to say it's a replacement for a NAS is simply not true.
Sandshark wrote:
I did want to comment that the article you reference doesn't even take into consideration that a NAS typically uses RAID, providing some protection from drive failures as well as expandability.
Dan001 Backup is also a consideration (for any technology, including NAS). USB drives (like all drives) will fail.
The speed in the article is measured with an SSD drive. FWIW, I think the USB drive market is largely driven by price and not performance. Many mechanical USB drives use SMR, which can be very slow for sustained writes.
If you are thinking about purchasing an ASUS router for this, then I suggest you also look at single bay NAS. Several companies make them (Synology, QNAP, and Buffalo at least), and cost is similar to a router. Everything would be nicely integrated (instead of cobbled together).
- I got NETGEAR Nighthawk(R) X4S R7800 (smart router)I paid for this product a lot of money, It was an expensive one, I paid since it included the option for:
- Ready Cloud
- Parental Controls
about 2 years ago NETGEAR suddenly stopped supporting parental controlThese days, NETGEAR suddenly stopped supporting "Ready Cloud".
Does NETGEAR products only good for 1-2 years?why NETGEAR stopped a service that runs from a hardware that I paid for?Is it legal or not? I'm not sure.I will definitely never buy any NETGEAR equipment ever again.I moved house and have only just got round to setting my NAS back up. Had been doing everything via PC until yesterday when I went to use the app remotely! Bit peeved by this however unlike others I didn’t access it remotely much at all and I’ll have had it 10 years come Nov.
Hello l087550m5i & jwgmorley ,
We've sent emails to all of our customers; if a user hasn't logged into the app for the past 90 days, he didn't receive the email or failed to read it.Additionally, we have disseminated the termination notification via apps and websites.
Have a lovely day,
Nivedita Pa
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