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NAS connected to airport

Asked by: Ackles

I have a NAS connected to my Airport (Apple Wireless) I want this NAS to be accessed when I am not home via internet.

Right now when I access this from home, on my mac in finder I can connect it via:
smb://mybookworld/PUBLIC

Please let me know a simple way to access it, I have no knowledge of port forwarding or networking, so please give me simple steps & keep in mind please, that I am using mac only.
Best,
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2009-08-21 at 15:59:40ID24672916
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Answers

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-08-22 at 13:52:39ID: 25160212

Why is this neglected?

 

by: eoinosullivanPosted on 2009-08-23 at 02:54:44ID: 25162002

See this website .. the last section tells you how to remotely access the NAS attached to the Airport Extreme
http://www.macworldcanada.ca/news/helpandtips/ask-a-macxpert-connect-an-external-hard-drive-to-the-airport-extreme/448aea62c0a8000601144f66dbc11272/pg001.htm

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-08-23 at 13:10:23ID: 25164057

The problem is my hard disk is connected via Ethernet & not via USB?
When it's connected via Ethernet, the Airport does not have Disk Tab?

Any further help please?
A

 

by: eoinosullivanPosted on 2009-08-23 at 14:06:17ID: 25164244

If it is connected via Ethernet then you'll have to tell us what type of NAS .. what services it offers etc.  For example does it support FTP?

The Airport cannot "share" ethernet drives ... instead you can "pass-through" certain protocols or ports to the NAS device.

You cannot just plug a NAS into a router and expect it to share the HD over the Internet.   Many of the basic NAS devices are not designed to do anything other work on a local network.

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-08-23 at 14:43:09ID: 25164400

It is by Western Digital 2 TB MybookWorld, hope it helps.

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-08-26 at 02:15:23ID: 25185583

Any ideas from any Experts???

 

by: DrMacPosted on 2009-08-26 at 04:14:48ID: 25186294

When you're home and connect using the SMB://mybookworld/public does the NAS require you to log on?

If it does, then fine: (otherwise if you go ahead with this then everyone will have access to your NAS!)

Wwhat you need to do is configure the Airport to do Port Mapping of port 548 to the NAS.

Open AirPort Utility, in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows.


Select the Airport youre setting up, and then click Manual Setup. Enter the password if necessary.


Click Advanced in the toolbar, and then click Port Mapping.


Click the Add (+) button and you'll need to choose Samba/Windows Sharing or manually add port 548 - tcp and udp


Enter the IP address of the NAS in the Private IP Address field.

I am doing this from memory as I don't have your exact setup but I think that should work!

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-08-26 at 07:07:00ID: 25187809

Thanks Mac,
Just another thing, how do I figure out the IP address of NAS???
A

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-08-26 at 07:08:53ID: 25187827

One more thing, after this all has been done how do I access it from outside, I mean let's say I have another mac outside, how would I access this from the outside mac?
Thanks a lot,
A

 

by: DrMacPosted on 2009-08-26 at 07:32:09ID: 25188073

When you say outside...what do you mean? Away from home I guess. Well, you'd need to have a static IP address assigned by your ISP so that you could type in smb://1.2.3.4/mybookworld/public.

If you don't have a static IP address then look here for a solution: http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/

The IP Address of the NAS should be listed in the Airport utility, or review the documentation that came with it to find out how to bring up a status page. If none of that works, try going into Network Utility and pinging it (or use the Command Prompt on Windows)

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-08-29 at 11:44:06ID: 25214907

Hey Mac,
I tried but can't see it working, on another note I tried to plug in a drive with USB but my Airport is not showing Disk Tab???

Please help.
A

 

by: DrMacPosted on 2009-08-30 at 19:50:34ID: 25220331

Please be more specific with your response

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-08-31 at 14:06:00ID: 25226557

I took a USB hard disk & put it in the Airport, as per your previous reply I should see it in the Disk Tabs in Airport Utility, however there is no Disk Tab in airport utility, hope this helps?

I tried to format the disk with all the formats, however no luck.
A

 

by: DrMacPosted on 2009-09-02 at 02:37:58ID: 25239234

Ah, well I didn't say to plug it in via USB, or to use the disk tab - you need to connect it via Ethernet then follow the instructions.

 

by: AcklesPosted on 2009-09-27 at 08:59:48ID: 31619100

Thanks,
Sorry for delay.... My Appologies

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