I've recently purchased a 4TB ReadyNAS NVX and I'm currently trying to setup a pretty new feature called ReadyNAS Remote, documented here. As far as I can tell, this functionality will allow me to replicate a traditinal VPN setup and I'm really excited to use it. Since I'm having a little trouble getting this setup and there's a lack of documentation on the internet about it, I'm going to highlight the problem solution path I went through to get this setup. Starting with step 1:

1) My ReadyNAS Remote Client Won't Connect

I was getting an error. This ReadyNAS cannot connect to ReadyNAS Remote.

Problem Solved!

OK - I was on the phone with netgear about 4-5 times. I got a support ticket going and got my issue raised to Level 2. Essentially - I think something was wrong with their services because all at once, the ReadyNAS started recognizing the service and my laptop logged into the client. The ReadyNAS remote experience is A+. When it's all setup, you can securly using your network attached storage off your LAN. \\ReadNAS\folder\file.txt on your LAN will still be \\ReadNAS\folder\file.txt .. This was a big deal for me because I've got Dreamweaver setup to access web documents on the NAS. If I had to edit the Site Manager everytime I took logged onto a new network, it would be real pain.

GREAT JOB NETGEAR!

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