Connecting to MyBook Essential dashboard

[jamesg]

Hello,

I bought a MyBook Essential and have it connected to a router. I can access it remotely (ie. wirelessly) through my router on my Mac (I'm using OS X). 

I would like to be able to stream media directly from the drive to my XBOX 360 via the router and I think that I need to access the dashboard / settings menu on the drive to arrange that. I have read that I should be able to do that by accessing "http://mybookessential.local" through my browser but that address times out. 

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

James. 

[jamesg]

(Alternatively, if there is another way that I can make media on my MyBook Essential accessible to my XBOX 360, I'd love to hear about it! Thanks.)

[Alucardx23]

If your router supports the option to share the files from the my book using a media server the xbox should recognize it.

[jamesg]

My router says that it supports the use of an external HD as a media server; but would I need to install any software on the HD (or anywhere else) to establish it as a media server? That's what I can't work out from the manual or online.