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Do you need full access on all ports or do you only need access for a specific function? For example, is this Mac Mini performing a wide range of functions, or do you only need to use it as a file share?

This can provide an additional layer of security if you lock off access on areas you don't need to use.

Thanks Dean - yeah, I will indeed want full access to the mac mini; I'd like to log into the computer and use apps/etc just as if I was sitting at the keyboard. 

The diagram looks good, assuming it's home use, so you won't need commercial-grade gear for the setup. With that in mind, will the manufacturer keep the gear up to date with updates? That will be important for the sake of security.

I was thinking of this as my router: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QTXNWZ1?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_ct_9R7YHFK9VWAJCZT370XF&language=en_US shows up more than once when I google "good wired VPN routers", and it's not too pricey :-D  Hopefully they'll keep current with future firmware updates!

You'll also need the ability to set up a VPN to the VPN router, which means opening up inbound ports on the modem - and that means the ports are open for the entire world. If there is an ability to authenticate with multiple factor authentication in order to open up the ports, that would be preferable.

As far as opening up ports on the modem, perhaps frontier would have to help me with that?  Or is that something I could do on my own?  Also, it might be useful to restrict the allowed ports by IP address, or location, etc, since I'd be logging in remotely from a finite number of offsite locations.  I wonder if that can be done?  (Although MFA is acceptable too, I guess.)

Do you know of any guides for dummies on doing this?

Hi all - tech-y fellow here but not much in the way of IT things, although I'm learning.

I'd like to set up a way to access and log into my mac-mini from anywhere on the internet.  Currently I can do this via the splashtop app, but for various reasons, I would like to set up my own system.  I understand that this will require creating a VPN server for my LAN, and maybe some additional hardware purchases.  (specifically a dedicated VPN router?)

I'd like to be able to log in from a windows maching on a different wired network miles away from the mac mini and its LAN, using sonic wall or the windows built in VPN client, and control the mac mini via microsoft remote desktop or similar software.  I'd also like to be able to log in from my macbook pro using the same tools from any old wireless network at starbucks or wherever. 

My current network looks like this:


As i understand it, hardware wise, I will need to do something like this:


First, is my understanding of the hardware correct?

Second, what steps will I need to go through to set this up properly?  I assume the VPN router will have some software that i'll need to configure once I connect it all.  And I'll need an ip or domain or something for the VPN, and a name for the mac mini itself to connect remotely?

Thanks for your help all - I'm slowly becoming IT fluent lol.

Geoff

I believe the velop may?  It can be set up in a mesh network.  (I actually have another velop node, but it seems to be broken.)

Hi all, Techy-ish dude here, but limited knowledge of computer networks. 

I've set up a home LAN/WAN as shown in the picture below. Generally works great.



The two wifi routers are creating two separate Wifi networks, with different names, although they do share the same password.  Is it possible to set them up in such a way so that they create a single, wider area, network, rather than the two separate wifi networks I have currently?  They are from different manufacturers, so I'm not sure if a wifi mesh would work, but since I have the cable routed out there anyway, I was thinking there might be a way to get them to play nicely since they're all running from the same LAN?

Is it just a matter of remaining one of them, or would I need to do some fancy IP address renumbering and wifi channel changing?  (I'm not totally opposed to purchasing a second one of either of these routers if it will make it easier, but it'd be nice if I didn't have to...)

Or is this just not possible?

Thanks,
Geoff

Thanks Otanx -

TBH, i'm not sure how the recording software parses and packs the data, but I'm guessing it will be as many streams as there are simultaneous channels being recorded?  I do know that when all is said and done, each channel gets it's own wav file associated with the project, but I'm not sure if the software (protools in this case) sends them out individually or as a chunk or what as it's writing to the drive. 

Here's a data flow description though for helping everyone's understanding:

Microphones/inputs -> multiple channel audio interface (converts the audio into bits and talks to the computer) -> single thunderbolt cable -> computer running osx -> storage medium (current: usb 3 SSD; proposed: NAS)

does that help?

Thanks dean, in that case perhaps I should purchase without hard drives, and spring for an SSD on the recording drive at least.  (mirrors or backups could of course be spinning disks....)

thanks all - yes, definitely will be using wired.  I already have a tiny 1G network right now, just looking for the right hardware for a network drive that won't add any additional bottlenecks mainly.  (my current "network" is just my computer, cat6 cable under the patio and house to an apple airport extreme.)

I calculated the data throughput at about 18Mbps.  (24 bits x 48kHz x 16 simultaneous channels) not counting any overhead or packets lost or whatever of course.  Seems like maybe even a 100M network could handle that... but I just want to make sure I don't accidentally shoot my idea down via some poorly chose hardware.  If I'm going to spend $300-600 on some NAS i want it to be the right one!

Thanks :-)

Hi all.  I'm relatively new to setting up networks, although i do have a wired home network now. 

I also have a home recording studio (music) and all my computers are macs running osx. 

I'd like to purchase a NAS drive for a couple purposes: backup yes, but I'd also like to try and record audio to a network drive in realtime.  Then I can work on sessions remotely when I'm not in the studio room itself, or from another computer also.  Typically I record to a USB3 SSD attached to my mac, which is of course a fast interface compared to a network.  I've read of people recording successfully to networked drives, but I confess to not knowing enough about networking to know what I need.  I assume the bottleneck in the data transfer will be the network itself, not the drives or anything like that.  (I can always get SSDs I suppose if drives do end up being the problem.) 

So I'm looking for a NAS drive (maybe like a Synology DS220+ or similar).  I'm thinking two or more drive slots, so I can just by a single SSD (if needed) to use to record to, and a traditional spinning drive for the mirror or additional storage. 

Any thoughts on a home/small office type model that will keep up with fast data transfer while recording audio are welcome. 

The current network is 1G coming from an apple airport extreme.   

Thanks for any thoughts or advice!