Curious as to why my files have to run through the WD servers to get to my own MyBook Live connected to my network at my house. Maybe I was naive in thinking that when I connect it has nothing to do with WD servers. Not saying I am pissed or anything, just wanting to understand why it uses the WD …

I think it uses WD servers to find your NAS. But if you use Port Forwarding configuration, it does not use WD servers to move data, only for finding the connection. If you use Relay mode, then yes, it must use WD’s servers, but the term “Relay” does tell you that it is using WD servers.

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Why do my files run through the WD servers to my MyBook Live?

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kwstearnes April 2, 2014, 4:22pm 5

I just didn’t know if there was a way around the outage since it is taking forever to fix it seems.