Promise has purposely dumbed down this particular 1TB or 2TB NAS to make it suitable for use in any home where a "zero configuration" storage and media streamer is the priority.

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For instance, they called it "open, " but they also only mentioned a zero-configuration iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 calling setup.

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Network-access (VPN) via iTwin Connect requires zero- configuration.

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