Access D-link Sharecentre DNS-320L from outside my Network

[Shadow]

I consider myself as relatively IT literate but am having a real problem setting up my NAS to allow me to access it outside of the network it's on.

If I'm being honest I thought it would be straight forward by setting up a DDNS account and then port forwarding on my Router.

This is without success. The documentation tells me t set port forwarding on port 80 but this is already set up in my router for the Xbox.

I'm now at a complete loss on what steps I need to follow.

Any advice would be appreciated but to make you aware I don't understand networks so any advice has to be at dumb level.

Thanks,

Brian

 

[neil_g]

How are you trying to access it? Via a web page (I presume so if you're talking about port 80)? If so just forward port 81 (for example) and in your browser type http://youraddress:81

 

[arad85]

Yes.. forward another port on the router to port 80 on the NAS.

Be sure you want to do this though as if you can access it remotely, then so can someone else (and you will get probed!).

 

[Shadow]

Thanks both. Would my web page address be the DDNS page that I set up so for example xxxx.dlinkddns.com:81

 

[arad85]

Thanks both. Would my web page address be the DDNS page that I set up so for example xxxx.dlinkddns.com:81

It should be.

 

[Shadow]

Thanks all. I can now access the nas externally using the appropriate webpage. Unfortunately When I try to access it as part of the network, I can see the Sharecenter but nothing shows in it. Folders/files, etc.

Any ideas?

 

[neil_g]

Are you saying it works okay from outside but not inside your LAN?

 

[Shadow]

Weirdly, I enabled the UPnP AV server and my pc can see and even play the files but when I access it via windows explorer it can see an LP which I'm assuming is the LAN printer facility but doesn't show the drive or Folder structure.

 

[neil_g]

So you've set up some shares? When trying to access \\ip-or-nasname can you see the share(s)?

 

[Shadow]

Fantastic. I hadn't set up the Shares.

Thanks as always Neil.

Brian

 

[neil_g]

 

[Shadow]

Apologies for resurrecting this post but I've done something that suddenly stopped the streaming of the movies on the NAS and will only allow me to download them. This has worked in the past but I'm not aware fo anything I've changed that would stop this functionality.

Any ideas?