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[OT] Netgear ReadyNas
I just took delivery of on of these. I am confused about how to set it up.
It comes with a CD which has no manual or detailed documentation. There is a brief "installation Guide" leaflet. It tells me how to connect it up and switch on, then get to an internet set up page. Then it tells me I will have to select one of 2 modes: "readycloud" or "offline". There is nothing to tell me what these are i.e. what's their difference. I found a 200+ page manual from the netgear site but it nowhere mentions these modes (I searched the pdf carefully). Can any of you knowledgeable people help me? Meantime the little black box sits on my desk just willing me to switch it on!!! TIA FRank |
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[OT] Netgear ReadyNas
WhinYett wrote:
I just took delivery of on of these. I am confused about how to set it up. It comes with a CD which has no manual or detailed documentation. There is a brief "installation Guide" leaflet. It tells me how to connect it up and switch on, then get to an internet set up page. Then it tells me I will have to select one of 2 modes: "readycloud" or "offline". There is nothing to tell me what these are i.e. what's their difference. I found a 200+ page manual from the netgear site but it nowhere mentions these modes (I searched the pdf carefully). Can any of you knowledgeable people help me? Meantime the little black box sits on my desk just willing me to switch it on!!! TIA FRank Have you tried google? I got 847 hits. "readycloud" or "offline" |
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[OT] Netgear ReadyNas
Per WhinYett:
I just took delivery of on of these. I am confused about how to set it up. It comes with a CD which has no manual or detailed documentation. There is a brief "installation Guide" leaflet. It tells me how to connect it up and switch on, then get to an internet set up page. Then it tells me I will have to select one of 2 modes: "readycloud" or "offline". I've had a ReadyNas for a number of years and would say their documentation is less than great. I don't have any actual knowledge, but my first guess would be that "ReadyCloud" is part of the marketing effort to get people to use remote storage/backup. Second guess would be that it refers to what mine calls "ReadyNAS Remote", which allows me to connect to the box from remote locations. Only advice I can think of offhand is: - Whatever shares you set up, include a "Temp" share. Then you can link directly to it's root from Windows or whatever and have a quick/convenient place to store stuff you might not want to keep. - Although moving files from share-to-share takes time (as in a full Copy followed by Delete) moving files from folder-to-folder within the same share takes almost no time at all... it just *happens*... so plan shares/subdirectories accordingly. - Another thing to think of when setting up shares is backup convenience. I've got a "Data" share (actually I just call it "A") where the stuff lives that I copy to external media periodically for backup. Another share "B" is for my ripped DVD that are intrinsically backed up by virtue of the DVDs in a closet. "B", of course, is way too big to conveniently back up to external medial anyhow. - Depending on the size of your box (mine is currently about 9 TB) you might want some other backup. I use an ancient Windows Home Server box crammed with all the obsolete disc drives I can find and synch the NAS box and the WSH box every so often using a classy utility called "Beyond Compare". - My final count of shares on the NAS box is 4. - "A" for "data" - "B" for media - "Temp" for convenience - "SysImages" for images of my various PCs' OS' - "Work"... which sounded like a good idea at some point in time, but which I've never used and probably ought to delete -- Pete Cresswell |
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[OT] Netgear ReadyNas
Per WhinYett:
knowledgeable people I forgot: there's a user forum at http://www.readynas.com/forum/ -- Pete Cresswell |
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[OT] Netgear ReadyNas
WhinYett wrote:
I just took delivery of on of these. I am confused about how to set it up. It comes with a CD which has no manual or detailed documentation. There is a brief "installation Guide" leaflet. It tells me how to connect it up and switch on, then get to an internet set up page. Then it tells me I will have to select one of 2 modes: "readycloud" or "offline". There is nothing to tell me what these are i.e. what's their difference. I found a 200+ page manual from the netgear site but it nowhere mentions these modes (I searched the pdf carefully). Can any of you knowledgeable people help me? Meantime the little black box sits on my desk just willing me to switch it on!!! TIA FRank http://www.readynas.com/?p=6880 "ReadyCLOUD Discovery provides unprecedented installation simplicity. No IP addresses to figure out, no setup applications to install or run. Just plug in your new ReadyNAS and go to readycloud.netgear.com Once configured you can manage your device, setup access permissions, and browse content. Your own private cloud with data you can access from anywhere. Plus the security and privacy of knowing you have total control." And from this review http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/n...rn104-reviewed "Setup The ReadyNAS setup process has been completely redesigned and doesn't require a CD to be run or the RAIDar utility to be installed. You just connect the ReadyNAS to your network, boot it, let it grab an IP address, then aim a web browser from a device connected to the same network at https://readycloud.netgear.com/. Although you will be prompted to set up a ReadyNAS Remote account during setup, you don't have to do so to get set up. To skip the nagging entirely, just aim your browser at https://ipaddress. This lets you do everything you need to do to get set up without an internet connection or registering with NETGEAR." I think that means you can point your web browser directly at the device and set it up just as easily. But with no external registration, you won't have the publicly accessible netgear site as a way-station for external access. Based on that, my guess would be, registering with readycloud.netgear.com solves the Dynamic DNS problem. It would presumably allow accessing the NAS from the Internet. Each time your household networking gear powers up, and acquires an IP address from the ISP's DHCP, the NAS could connect to readycloud.netgear.com and tell that server what IP address it is using. (It's implicit from the public address the packets will have, when they arrive at Netgear.) Then, if you're sitting in McDonalds using the Wifi, you connect via https protocol to the netgear site, and when you log in, the netgear server already has the new DNS address from when your home powered up and connected. If you weren't using the NAS from McDonalds, then you can just as likely set it up locally, and not bother with the registration process. Purely a guess, as no site I've visited so far, explained the protocol. I don't know if any data storage is actually "cloud based" or not, or whether it's simply a means of "discovering" where your home network has moved to. Paul |
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[OT] Netgear ReadyNas
On 07/07/2013 21:00, WhinYett wrote:
I just took delivery of on of these. I am confused about how to set it up. It comes with a CD which has no manual or detailed documentation. There is a brief "installation Guide" leaflet. It tells me how to connect it up and switch on, then get to an internet set up page. Then it tells me I will have to select one of 2 modes: "readycloud" or "offline". There is nothing to tell me what these are i.e. what's their difference. I found a 200+ page manual from the netgear site but it nowhere mentions these modes (I searched the pdf carefully). Can any of you knowledgeable people help me? Meantime the little black box sits on my desk just willing me to switch it on!!! TIA FRank The correct answer is of course to buy from a local independent computer store who would be more than willing to research what you want, advise you and install or give you installation assistance. Of course it will cost more than an online or hyperstore purchase but it least it will function instead of just being an expensive paperweight :-) |
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[OT] Netgear ReadyNas
On 7/7/2013 4:00 PM, WhinYett wrote:
I just took delivery of on of these. I am confused about how to set it up. It comes with a CD which has no manual or detailed documentation. There is a brief "installation Guide" leaflet. It tells me how to connect it up and switch on, then get to an internet set up page. Then it tells me I will have to select one of 2 modes: "readycloud" or "offline". There is nothing to tell me what these are i.e. what's their difference. I found a 200+ page manual from the netgear site but it nowhere mentions these modes (I searched the pdf carefully). Can any of you knowledgeable people help me? Meantime the little black box sits on my desk just willing me to switch it on!!! TIA FRank ..... Do the following for tests and then move it to a room at the other end of the house. If it is ReadyNAS DUO version 2 1. Connect to power, I suggest with a UPS. 2. Connect to router using Ethernet cable and turn it on. 3. Access NAS using http://192.168.0.40/admin/ in browser 4. Install disks, add password, add shares. ReadyCloud (RC) is for accessing when off-site using iPad or laptop and can be "turned on" at any time. If it is a version 1 then you should install RIADar on desktop. |
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