TaneOrbs wrote:
My message was to Western Digital.
This isn’t Western Digital’s suggestion forum. That’s here: http://community.wdc.com/t5/Network-Product-Ideas/idb-p/network_ideas
TaneOrbs wrote:
[I] need port forwarding enabled in the router in order to work externally (from the Internet). …Not for a 17,000+ poster to reply with “That makes no sense.” That is not helpful, and not user friendly…
It DIDN’T make sense. :smileyvery-happy: NOW it makes sense, but this was your first mention of trying to access it via the internet. Maybe you should have opened with that? How can someone help you when you don’t ask the question you actually meant to ask?
TaneOrbs wrote:
I would need another port range for a second or third or forth My Book Live
Every router I’ve ever seen allows you to set a different external port numbers, while still using the same internal port number. ANY router worth its salt should be able to do that. Routers that can’t are seriosuly disadvantaged, as that’s a primary function of NAT / Port Forwarding.
I’ve got two routers on my network, and, of course, they both support that type of function:
Almost all Linksys/Cisco routers will look similar to this:
Three MBLs using FTP on a different port (port 20 for MBL1, 30 for MBL2, etc.)
Similar setup, but much more powerful options, on most Actiontec routers:
Same thing. Using port 30 for the external port for MBL at 10.0.0.11 (port 20 on the inside.)
All WD routers can do similar settings. Yours can’t?
TaneOrbs wrote:
It was a request to please enable port range configuration (a very basic and standard feature)
I’d argue that point – Yeah, many higher end NAS boxes have that capability, but not many “entry” level boxes, which the WD’s certainly are…
Finally, if you’re up to it, you can simply modify the vsftp.conf file in the MBL to set the ports and options to whatever you want them to be.