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ReadyNAS RN212 - Alerts Email, NFS and default shares
OS6.10.2 1) Setting up alerts - I have tried to confiugure the EMail alerts, but it fails on sending a test mail. The host I have as smtp.hosts.co.uk on port 465, the 'From' is my Email add...
steveTu wrote:
2) The default shares - Music, Pictures and Videos. I would like to create a mountable NFS share above those as 'media' (as my old ReadyNas Duo had) - so I can keep structures the same across the NASs. Can I just delete the existing shares and recreate them under a new 'media' share? Any implications?
You can delete the default shares, and create your own media share. That could have subfolders for Music, Pictures and Videos - or not, that is up to you.
You can't create shares within shares though (which couldn't be done on the Duo either).
The mount for NFS will be /data/media - unlike the Duo, the volume is included in the exported path.
Thanks for the detailed reply again - really appreciated.
I had hoped just to mimic the DUO and get the 212 running with roughly the same setup (as I recall having initial issues with playlists on the DUO - but it was a while back, so I can't quite remember exactly what). Now I've started down that route (the data has been copying across for a fair few hours!) and the revised structure - I think I will continue. Having said that, plex sounds interesting so I think I'll also download that and see what it does (probably to my laptop first). I'm not sure that having a separate app server (in my case) is currently applicable - as all I currently use on the DUO was the dlna server (and minidlna has been fine so far - the implimentations on each client leaves a bit to be desired though in some cases) and the storage space for backup.
As for the rsync - ssh bit, I thin the rsync I have is set to run over ssh - and I had key issues when I first used it, so set up the ssh-key pairs.
Another slight aside - in certain circumstances, the set up asks for host ip's (Shares->Network Access-> NFS) - is this only full IP - or can you in some way specify the LAN - some thing like 192.168.1.* (192.168.0.0/16?) or 192.168.*...blah . Does OS6 cater for that, and if so in what format?
steveTu wrote:
Another slight aside - in certain circumstances, the set up asks for host ip's (Shares->Network Access-> NFS) - is this only full IP - or can you in some way specify the LAN - some thing like 192.168.1.* (192.168.0.0/16?) or 192.168.*...blah . Does OS6 cater for that, and if so in what format?
I don't set the hosts (either for SMB or NFS), and the manual and KB articles unfortunately don't asnwer your question. https://kb.netgear.com/23171/How-do-I-configure-host-access-settings-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system says how to enter an individual IP, but doesn't give the format for a subnet (or even hint that is possible).
There is an old post that says IP address/subnet mask works. For example 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 The Web UI accepts that format, but I haven't tested whether it works properly or not. FWIW, it also accepts 10.0.0.0/24. No idea whether that works properly either.
FWIW, the Duo manual doesn't specify this either. If you are already specifying a subnet there, I suggest using the same format with OS-6.
As an aside, I don't see much point in specifying the full LAN subnet if you are using a NAT router - the NAS would only be seeing IP addresses that are within the subnet anyway. If you have multiple network connections to the NAS (using different subnets) it would be more useful.
It would be good to know about the subnets - ie whether '/' notation does work and is intended to work (as I'm not a great fan of using 'features' that turn out to not be supported and then dropped or changed at some stage) - as I had already planned to modify the LAN and split certain types of device into their own subnets. So, although not s ahowstopper, it would be handy to be able to specify permissions by subnet.
Is there someone who would know if subnet notation (in whatever form) is intended to work and is an ongoing supported feature?
steveTu wrote:
Is there someone who would know if subnet notation (in whatever form) is intended to work.
It is pretty easy for you test it. You could apply /28 (255.255.255.240) and exclude some of the IP addresses in your actual network. Then see if that works.
Whether it's an ongoing supported format or not is something only Netgear can say. Maybe one of the mods will chime in ( Marc_V or JohnCM_S ).
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