quote:Oh noes, a random person found our thread!
Hi william1978,
Can you please email me any information on how to signup for the Netgear friends evaluation program?
quote:It looks like it was taken out with an update last year. ReadyDrop Replaced
Can anybody with the ReadyNAS help me with installing ReadyDROP? I have remote access enabled, but when I try to install ReadyDROP, nothing happens. When I click on the Cloud tab while logged in as admin on my ReadyCLOUD, I can see the ReadyCLOUD, Ready NAS Remote and ReadyNAS Replicate.
When I click on the Ready NAS Remote in the menu bar after installing it, there is a ReadyDROP in the main menu, but it doesn't have a flyout.
I've tried installing like I did with Ready NAS Remote, but I can't see how to do that anywhere. All it does is take me to the ReadyDROP login screen.
quote:This is correct. And if you are one of the 25, you will get an email saying that you were selected.quote:Here is the process as I understand it.
If we didn't get an email from Meng should we email him? What is the process?
There are a couple hundred in the F&F testing program. Whenever Netgear decides to test a product, they randomly select a certain number in the program and send them e-mail's. They wait to get responses back, and then randomly choose from those who responded to send out product.
For example, they may send out 50 e-mail's, get responses from 40 people, and send out 25 units to test.
quote:It's currently not open to new participants, but if this changes, I will let you know.
Hi william1978,
Can you please email me any information on how to signup for the Netgear friends evaluation program?
My email: q_ngo@hotmail.com
quote:Me 2
I'm jealous. I haven't received any notices since Marynel left.
quote:quote:Me 2
I'm jealous. I haven't received any notices since Marynel left.
quote:Agreed.
Me as well but Travis did say to give them a chance to shuffle her duties so I'm not too worried.
quote:Let me do some digging and see if it's on an upcoming FW release
This is a big let down with the ReadyNAS. You cannot choose the target folder on your PC to sync with the NAS. All my stuff is on a separate HDD from the c:/ so I can't sync with it.
quote:What do you like about it? Not sarcasm, serious question...
Can't control fan speed either and the HDDs are running hot. Otherwise a great machine.
quote:Venkman, thanks for the feedback. The engineering team is putting a fix into OS 6.4.
This is a big let down with the ReadyNAS. You cannot choose the target folder on your PC to sync with the NAS. All my stuff is on a separate HDD from the c:/ so I can't sync with it.
quote:in case you didn't know, you can buy a small smart switch (GS108T) for about $80 and use the link aggregation feature, which doubles network speed to 2 GBps. Combine that with AC1200+ and you have even faster transfer speeds over Wifi and wired.
I haven't had a chance to test the NAS very much yet, but my findings have been very similar to Dr Venkman's above. Very fast transfer speeds and overall it has been super easy. From the time I opened the box, read the instructions (some of them at least), and got it all set up - it was less than 15 minutes. I've been testing it out pulling large photo files back and forth quite a bit and I have not had any issues at all.
quote:I appreciate all of the feedback. Know that your comments go straight to product development and engineers. Also know that we have a team that is committed to make NETGEAR boxes not only relevant again, but better than our competitors. All of your feedback is being received to very open ears.
First off I wanted to just say thank you Travis for letting us all be a part of this program. I feel it's a true example of the Aggie Spirit. Also this program allowed me to work with some of your ReadyNAS equipment which I otherwise would probably not have gone out and bought on my own. I must say I'm pretty impressed but have found a few things that bother me.
The shutdown button took forever for me to find (really minor)
I like the ability to sync picture from my android the readycloud but it seems to disconnect quite often
On the app it'd also be nice if there was a download to phone option
The placement of one of the ethernet ports on the RN314 is inconveniently placed in relation to the handle on the back
Thanks again for the chance to be a part of this and test out Netgear's products.
quote:I'm glad to hear it. I'm really glad to see the interest in feedback you have in this forum. As I find things did you want me to add forum posts or is there another way you'd like us to submit feedback? A few other things I've found.quote:I appreciate all of the feedback. Know that your comments go straight to product development and engineers. Also know that we have a team that is committed to make NETGEAR boxes not only relevant again, but better than our competitors. All of your feedback is being received to very open ears.
First off I wanted to just say thank you Travis for letting us all be a part of this program. I feel it's a true example of the Aggie Spirit. Also this program allowed me to work with some of your ReadyNAS equipment which I otherwise would probably not have gone out and bought on my own. I must say I'm pretty impressed but have found a few things that bother me.
The shutdown button took forever for me to find (really minor)
I like the ability to sync picture from my android the readycloud but it seems to disconnect quite often
On the app it'd also be nice if there was a download to phone option
The placement of one of the ethernet ports on the RN314 is inconveniently placed in relation to the handle on the back
Thanks again for the chance to be a part of this and test out Netgear's products.
Thanks.
quote:Great news! Add good product support to something else I like about it.quote:Venkman, thanks for the feedback. The engineering team is putting a fix into OS 6.4.
This is a big let down with the ReadyNAS. You cannot choose the target folder on your PC to sync with the NAS. All my stuff is on a separate HDD from the c:/ so I can't sync with it.
quote:khkman, here is a response from some of our product guys. Let me know if this is helpful.
Travis, haven't had time to research yet, but is there a size limit on copying and pasting folders from a PC/Mac to a folder on the NAS? I was trying to copy over a 55GB folder with pictures and it canceled without transferring any over. I am not using sync because I was looking at moving all the files to the NAS and keeping Mac HD fairly clean and possibly downsizing to a lower capacity SSD, so I'm not going to want the files both places.
How is working with photos supposed to be faster? I copied just a few pictures over to see how it would work and when I tried to work with a 15MB .psd file, it took it 30 seconds or so to open it from the NAS, whereas when I opened the file from the Mac, it only took 5 seconds, maybe. I was just wondering if I needed to configure something in order to make it speedier since you said it is supposed to be good for photographers.
I installed Plex and tried to play an .m4v movie (Frozen digital copy downloaded from iTunes), but it said it can't play it. When I researched that, Plex said that ARM based CPUs cannot handle .m4v files. What types of files can Plex handle and how should I go about converting them? I tried using Handbrake, but it didn't convert so I'm guessing I would need to decrypt it before using Handbrake?
