After several tests, I’ve found that the best / faster way to get the files going back and forth between my computer and the WD My Cloud 3TB is having it directly connected to my computer’s Gigabit Ethernet, instead of connecting to my home Wifi router (so that’s the preferred option until I have a wired environment, or 802.11ac).
I then connect my computer up to the internet and the rest of my home network via Wifi (802.11n).
Win 8.1 establishes the connection with the MyCloud as “Unidentified”, using the IP 169.254.58.26. The (auto) IP assigned to MyCloud is 169.254.7.48.
Unfortunately, I can’t figure out a way to bridge my computer’s Wifi connection to the ethernet. I can’t access MyCloud outside my computer, since it cannot see my router. This means no way to share the files to the other computers in my home network, nor connect to it via Internet.
Bridging the connections on Windows (right-clicking both connections and hitting “Bridge”) won’t work for some reason I cannot identify (disabled the firewall, tried to use local IP addresses on Win and MyCloud…). MyCloud won’t show up in the network.
Maybe I’m using the incorrect search terms… couldn’t find anything about this. If someone could point me to an old thread (or point me to an answer), it will be much appreciated. Right now, this works well as a 3TB external drive… but I`m sure there’s a lot more to use on it.
In theory you could attempt a static IP and DNS server configuration within your WD My Cloud Dashboard page in order to “force” a connection within the same segment as your network. I have not tested this myself though.
This has always been possible to setup. Steps 1 - Using an second available network port is recommended. In your TCP v4 adapter properties, assign the adapter an IP address where the the number of the IP does not conflict(is in use) with any other device on your network. Example, if your gateway were 192.168.0.1 then assign the IP on your card to 192.168.0.252 subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 2-Transitional step: Plug the network connector on your mycloud into your router and connect to the device using the WDDiscover program available from http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=wdfmycloud_s On the settings page you will find the Network tab, notice the IP address currently assigned to your mycloud device, you will want to make that a static address reservation on your router in step 3 For now on your my cloud network settings page, set the mode from DHCP to Static. Type in the same IP address currently assigned to your Mycloud. For subnet mask, use 255.255.255.0 for gateway, use the same gateway your computer uses (usually 192.18.0.1), for DNS use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 Apply all the settings Assuming you can still access the mycloud device, then, well, that means so far, you haven seen any page not reachable browser errors. WARNING! If you screw up the IP, the only way to reach the device will be through USB or after you reset it to factory settings. 3. Now you need to disconnect the MyCloud from the router and plug it directly into the nic attached to the computer. Step 1 was required, but assuming you assigned that IP the MyCloud should be immediately useable. We will want to reserve the IP of the mycloud on your router, to prevent having a device on the router from inadvertently being assigned the same IP as the my cloud and so that if you have to plug the mycloud back into the router, it has the same network share URI For my router the static IP setup is under Advanced → Lan setup → Add The goal is to have the MyCloud when its on the router have a reserved IP address so that some other IP does not inadvertently get that address assigned and when the mycloud is on the router, it will work. Best of luck, the networking is rather trivial if you need help anyone who can / has setup file sharing has the prerequisite knowledge and this may be a good guide to the needed steps.
