dypdyp wrote:
Novice when it comes to configuring my router.
When you say open up port 8080, is that the same as port forwarding? I have a ASUS router and have never configured port forwarding before.
I want to be able to access my EX2 NAS when working remotely. For example, on my MBP, I’d like to use Aperture and access the Aperture photo library I have moved over to the NAS. I’ve used WebDAV while back on my Windows PC and assuming I can do the same on my MBZP with the EX2. I essentially want to mount the EX2 and be able access it through my local apps and Finder.
I talked to WD tech support and the person never heard of WebDAV and couldn’t provide me any more info.
Thanks.
DP
Yes, open up port 8080 = port forwarding.
You need to consult your router’s manual to see how to set up port forwarding. If the Asus router is not the first router in your home/office, then it gets a bit more complicated but still the same idea. The idea is that traffic from outside arrives on your router at a certain port - say port 8080. Now your router needs to know where to forward this traffic to - and that’s what you confgure in a port forwarding - telling the router that all data (usally on TCP) on port X should be forwarded to the internal IP of your EX2 on port X. It works best if you first setup a static IP for your EX2 (if you haven’t already done so) by giving it a a fixed IP from the DHCP IP range based on the MAC address of your EX2 (every network device has a unique and permanent MAC address). This way, when you setup the port forwarding rule, you know what IP to send the port forwarded traffice to. Google stuff if you need more info - we all learnt things that way.
You have a Mac so I am not sure what special limitations you may (or may not) face with WebDAV clients on Macs…but Windows has an issue with secure WebDAV. Just for your reference, though it is for acessing WebDAV securely (i.e. over an encrypted connection) using Windows’ built-in WebDAV client and not from a Mac, you can see this thread…probably won’t be of much use to you from a Mac → http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud-EX2/Secure-WEBDAV/m-p/764830
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