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remote Time Machine
Hi,
How would it work to use remote Time Machine? I suppose Time Machine does not simply offer the remote share in the list of possilbe locaitons. Netgear says it is possible, but I can't find an explanation how to accomplish that.
I have plenty of bandwidth...
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fiber2 wrote:
Hi,
How would it work to use remote Time Machine? I suppose Time Machine does not simply offer the remote share in the list of possilbe locaitons. Netgear says it is possible, but I can't find an explanation how to accomplish that.
I have plenty of bandwidth...
I am wondering if your best option here is to join the two locations with a VPN solution.
This can be done with small enterprise VPN routers. You might also be able to set up ZeroTier to interconnect the two NAS - Sandshark might know.
A VPN would allow you to securely access the remote network, and have full access to it. If you use VPN routers, it will look like one network (transparent to the users).
I'm not a Mac user, so know nothing about Time Machine. Most VPN's join two networks together, which is often what you want. ZeroTier, on the other hand, adds a network in parallel, wihc works better for me. Each device running ZeroTier has it's normal IP address and a separate ZeroTier address that looks just like another IP. Normal traffic runs through the standard internet connection and traffic specifially addressed to a ZeroTier address goes through ZeroTier. I would think that it would work with Time Machine -- you just specify the NAS ZeroTier address instead of it's IP address. But you'd have to give it a try to see or see if someone in th ZeroTier community can help out.
Yes I have tried to set up a VPN between 2 routers. However, the internet provider of at least two sites also provides the modem/router. I cannot set up a VPN on that router: it is not an available option.
That device also other services and the provider is not willing to share the necessary data to set all services up on devices that I would install. So, stuch with that provider for the moment for a few locations.
Thanks, maybe ZeroTier is a good solution at least untill I get the provider changed.
But since Netgear claims it is possible, hope to learn how to do it without ZeroTier as well.
Unless I learn more on the Netgear solution within the next days, I will try ZeroTier.
fiber2 wrote:
However, the internet provider of at least two sites also provides the modem/router. I cannot set up a VPN on that router....My ISP is Verizon Fios, and they also require that you use their router (otherwise you lose their TV services). What I do is double-route - putting a Netgear router behind the Quantum one, and running VPN on other services on that. Port forwarding is a bit more complicated, but I don't forward a lot of ports anyway.
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