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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.

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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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One computer makes the home network reachable

You reach your home network on the go: a Mac or Windows PC at home makes its local network reachable for all your other devices. Everything that runs through your network on the way is end-to-end encrypted.

  • Only the device with the access needs to be approved for it
  • Names from the home network such as fritz.box work on the go, too
  • iPhone, iPad and Android use local networks; they do not offer one

The path as a line

A card shows the path from you through the access device into the local network. A note tells you whether your device offers the network itself, whether it is reachable through another device or whether that one is currently off.

  • On the network map the home network is an area behind its access device
  • At home in the home network connections go directly, not through the access device

DeskRanger notices you are home

DeskRanger works this out with the access device at home, not by the name of a Wi-Fi, because anyone can pick that freely. DeskRanger shows your Wi-Fi name only when you switch it on.

  • For the Wi-Fi name the system asks for your location once, on Linux never
  • The name stays on this device: not to your other devices, not to our servers
  • If your Wi-Fi uses the same addresses, the home network appears under other ones; names stay the same

A backup if the access fails

If the usual device is missing, another one that offers the same network steps in. A backup you chose comes before the automatic one.

  • As soon as the usual device is back, the backup hands the network back at once
  • The card “Access to …” shows who is carrying the network right now
  • One backup access per local network

What announces itself in the home network

If the access device shares its list, you see the devices that announce themselves in the home network: printers, NAS, speakers and TVs with name, type and address, with filter and search.

  • Not a router list: silent devices and Windows PCs without DeskRanger are missing
  • If the list is missing, DeskRanger names the reason

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  • Show the local network in the system, too

Everything step by step, for every platform:

From away into your home network

Perguntas frequentes

Does DeskRanger have to run on the NAS and the printer?

No. Only the devices of your network need DeskRanger, the devices in the home network do not.

What if the device with the access is switched off?

Then the network shows as unreachable. If another device offers the same network, it steps in as the backup.

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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.

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.