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Jdotcox90
Mar 02, 2022Guide
Readycloud for Mac OS
I just purchased a macbook pro for work. I am not able to get readycloud to make it all the way through the installer. It says installation failed when trying to install. I am running Montere...
StephenB
Dec 14, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Jdotcox90 wrote:
Remotely. I am having to work on the road quite a bit. Accessing files is impossible from my Mac on the road.
Then a VPN is a good solution. ZeroTier will work, as will OpenVPN. Personally I use OpenVPN because it is built into my Netgear router (an Orbi in my case, though Nighthawk routers also have it built in).
Sandshark
Dec 14, 2022Sensei - Experienced User
A more typical VPN, like OpenVPN, will allow you to connect to your entire home network remotely. It may already be included in your router's firmware.
ZeroTier works differently -- similar to ReadyCloud in some ways. It creates an alternative virtual network for just the devices it's running on (unless you choose bridge mode). In my case, my main NAS is 192.196.0.42 locally and 192.168.192.42 via ZeroTier. I can remotely do anything I can do locally via ZeroTier just by specifying the ZeroTier IP address instead of a local one. The ReadyNAS-specific version of ZeroTier is pretty old, but still works. Or you can install a newer one via SSH. Versions are available for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Android. I use all those but the Mac version.
While not something you seem to currently need, both can also be used for remote backup. My remote backup unit at my brother's home 4 states away (far from any hurricane that might hit me) is 192.196.192.100 on ZeroTier. Note that unless I've specifically allowed a device onto my ZeroTier network (via their ZeroTier Central server), those ZeroTier IP addresses are inaccessible, so I can safely give them out here.
An advantage (at least in my eyes) of one of these over ReadyCloud is that you use the same credentials, and have the same personal folder, whether local or remote. One disadvantage for a prior user of ReadyCloud can be that ReadyCloud users will have to be converted to local users.
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