No need VPN or edit anything. Just use ssh tunneling with Putty or any ssh client. Then you can access from your browser on the remote location i.e. http://127.0.0.1:8080 . Also possible on mobile, use apps such as connetbot for Android, IOS just search the store.
See my previous posts here:
No other official way unless you do tunneling. Tunneling is the better approach than vpn without any modifications to WD’s stuffs. But if you’re doing this, you’re aware that your wdmycloud root account is vulnerable to the internet’s brute force attacks. I’m using the methods below to access WD’s Dashboard remotely via PC and Mobile and I have my own way of dealing with security.
Enable ssh via WD Dashboard and change your root password in the terminal type “passwd”. Make sure your new pass…
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Find your external IP. whatismyip.org works well for this. Generally, dynamic IP’s don’t change all that frequently, so you’re probably good for a long while.
Now, if you have Linux or Mac on the computer you’re trying to use to access the device from outside you’re network, you’re fine. If you’re a Windows person, you’ll need to install Cygwin, specifically ssh-client, in order to do this.
Configure your MyCloud device to allow SSH access by followi…
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