Strato playback from remote Terra

[CPickler]

I know this is not officially supported and would require consistent network speeds in both locations, but if I wanted to buy a Strato C for the lakehouse is there a way to connect it back to the Terra at my house? I can't think of a realistic way to do this, but I figured I'd ask anyway.

 

[Substance]

Look into creating a VPN.

 

[CPickler]

Look into creating a VPN.

Yeah, that was the only thing I could think of as well, but then a VPN that is going to handle that much throughput seems unlikely.

 

[Substance]

Why not? You are looking at 100mbps at best, much less for HD streams.

 

[Mark H]

I have my places connected via a VPN but each location needed a different address range or it did with the hardware I use so in this case the player would be on a different address range to the Terra so would not connect. Perhaps with more modern hardware or using a configuration beyond my networking skills it may be possible and there are some networking gurus here who could help.

 

[Ksalno]

I suggest looking into a small office VPN. These are used regularly to connect small offices together and enable sharing of files and printers. So unless there is something weird about the Strato C, it should be able to find the Terra, if you configure it with the proper address. Using a static address for the Terra may also help keep the connection reliable.

Here are the basic steps:

1. Make sure your two homes use different IP address ranges, for example one can be 192.168.82.1/24 and the other can be 192.168.82.2/24. This will ensure there are no duplicate addresses once you connect them via VPN

2. Ensure both routers have a static external IP address assigned by your ISP

3. Set up router-to-router VPN tunnel. Check your router manuals for "site-to-site" VPN.

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If your routers don't provide this capability, they are easy to replace with inexpensive small-office models from both Linksys and Cisco, and others. To simplify matters, it helps if both routers are the same brand/model to ensure they work the same and offer the same capabilities. If you need more specific instructions, I would visit the support forum for your router brand, I suspect there will be more specific instructions or help there.

 

[cinelife]

I think you will find you cannot connect and playback content remotely. Perhaps Mike will comment, but I believe the software structure prevents these connections. I'm not sure because it's been a long time, but I seem to remember conversations with K 15+ years ago that indicated the "closed system" proprietary nature of K was a selling point/requirement in keeping content owners satisfied from a security standpoint.

This may have changed over time based on technology improvements, but I'll let Mike K. comment (if he can).

Jim