WD Smartware - cant backup when not on the network

Hi and welcome to the WD community.

This is how the Smartware software is intended to work, only on your local network, but lets see if any user can suggest a 3rd party software that can do this for you.

You can also suggest this on the ideas board:

http://community.wd.com/t5/Software-Accessory-Ideas/idb-p/software_ideas