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Your own network

Your devices reach each other under simple names and fixed addresses, end-to-end encrypted and only among themselves. You do not need to open anything on your router.

FreemacOS · Windows · Linux · Android · iOS / iPadOS
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The Network page with the network on: the map with your devices, their path and latencyThe Network page with the network on: the map with your devices, their path and latency

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What you do with it

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One switch brings it into the network

The switch “This device in the network” takes a device in. Beforehand DeskRanger asks once for your consent to what our server stores: the names and addresses of your devices, their public keys and the internet addresses they can be reached at.

  • Only a device protected with DeskRanger Secure can join the network
  • “Disconnect from network” takes a device out again
  • On a Linux server you switch the network on in the terminal

Map and device list

On the map every device is a card, this device in the middle, with the path to it and the response time. Under “Devices” you see names, addresses, paths and roles at a glance.

  • The line shows the path: direct, over IPv4 or IPv6, or through a relay
  • A thin dashed line means online, but nothing has gone to it yet
  • The “Networks” view shows which devices belong to which network
The Network page with the network on: the map with your devices, their path and latencyThe Network page with the network on: the map with your devices, their path and latency

Shown: Mac

Names instead of addresses

You reach every device by its name, for example “nas”. You change the name of the network and its ending in the settings.

  • Only a device with DeskRanger Secure switched on may change it
  • Every change is listed with the device that signed it
  • If two devices change it at once, DeskRanger stops and shows both versions
The Network page, Devices: names, addresses, path and roles of the devices in the network with “Check reachability”The Network page, Devices: names, addresses, path and roles of the devices in the network with “Check reachability”

Shown: Mac

Several networks

A device can be in up to 16 networks, for example home, office and lab. You create a new network with “+ Network”, if you like from a template that only fills in the name.

  • Another device can invite you into one of its networks
  • “Leave network” takes only this device out of exactly this network
  • The page reports duplicate addresses or endings before anything gets mixed up

On all your devices

iPhone, iPad and Android join the network too: you switch on the switch at the top of the card, and the system asks once whether DeskRanger may set up a VPN connection. Only connections to your own devices go through DeskRanger, everything else goes as before.

  • On Android the key icon shows that the network is running
  • Names like “studio.my-devices” work on the phone, too
  • In the web console you can look at your network

You decide who belongs

With DeskRanger Secure a trusted device confirms every new device. If a known device comes with a different key, it counts nowhere until you accept the new key.

  • Everything that runs through the network is end-to-end encrypted
  • On Mac, iPhone and iPad a removed device loses access within about a minute

Still to come 곧 출시

  • The “Traffic” view on the map: how much flows along each line

Everything step by step, for every platform:

Network: your devices under simple names

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Do I need to open anything on my router?

No. Everything works through the relay; direct paths open by themselves when they are possible.

What does DeskRanger see of what runs through the network?

None of it. Our server only stores which devices belong and how they can be reached, never what is transferred.

함께 쓰면 더 편리하게.

Home network on the go

You reach the NAS, printer or camera at home from anywhere through one of your computers as the gateway. The devices in the home network do not need DeskRanger.

Go online through your home

On hotel or café Wi-Fi you go online through one of your own computers, as if you were at home. The path there is encrypted, with no third-party VPN provider.

Direct or relay: you see the path

Every connection shows whether it runs directly or through a relay, and if not directly, why and what helps. Both are end-to-end encrypted.