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Andfinallyitcame!MyLGN2B1with2x1TBdrives.Wonderfulpieceofgadgetingreatdesign.I unpackeditquicklyandturnediton.Everythingwentsmooth,thoughthedrivesweren'tformatted andpartitionedwhenitarrived,butthatwaseasilydonethroughtheWebMenu.Also,thisisnot whatthispostisabout! OneofthecoolthingsLGgivestheircustomersisaDDNSservice.Theyofferyouadomain your_name.lgnas.comsoyoucanaccessyourNASnotjustlocallybutglobally.Justascoolasthis soundsasmuchapainintheassitcanbetosetitup.Ittookmehoursofgooglingandtwiceas manyhourstakingcareofmyheadaches.Myproblemsweremostlyrelatedtoportforwarding,and thereforetheguidewillcoverthatprimarily.So,hereisasmallguidethatcanhopefullyhelpsome.I canrecommendcanyouseeme.orgwhiletesting.
ConnecttotheNASandenableDDNS.Aprettyobviousstep.LogintothewebmenuofyourNAS,goto"Remote access"andenableDDNS.Hereyoumustalsochooseadomainname(makeitcool!)andpassword.Clickingenable shouldinitiateaprocess,thistakesalittlewhile.Afterithasbeenenabledyour(external)IPaddressshouldbe revealed.Copythistoclipboard.

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Basically,youcanjusttrytoseeifitworksnow.OpenabrowserandpastetheIPintotheaddresslineortype your_name.lgnas.com.Bothprobablygivesyouerrors,right?Ifyes,readon.Ifno,damn,you'realuckybastard!

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December2009 So,what'stheholdup?Yourconnectionisbeingblocked!Weneedtoopenupsomeportsbyportforwarding. Thisprocessrequireschangingsomesettingsintherouter,solet'sgotherenow.Inabrowsertype192.168.1.1or whateveryourrouter'sIPis.Gotoportforwardingit'slocateddifferentondifferentrouters.OnmyLinksysrouter (WRT160N)it'satabcalled"Applicationsandgaming". November2009 October2009 September2009 August2009 Let'sportforward!We'regonnado4differentports:21(FTP),80(WEB),9090(FileView)and9091(Torrent). Foreach,chooseaname,entertheportinbothexternal/internal,chooseboth(UDP+TCP).TheIPaddressisthe addressoftheNAS.Now,enablethem. Meta Login Doesitworknow?CheckthebrowserbyenteringeitheryourexternalIPfrombeforeorthedomainname.Ifit works,hurray!Ifnot,readon.We'llgettheresoon! EntriesRSS CommentsRSS WordPress.org Basically,itshouldworkbydoingtheabove,givenyou'vedoneeverythingright.SowhatNOWistheproblem?It canbeoneofthree.Either1)yourISPisblockingtheportsforsecurityreasons.Ifyouthinkthisisthecase,you mustcontactthemandhavethemopentheportsandcanstopreadingonOR2)thereisanotherrouterinyour network!OR3)Both.

Option2wasofcoursemyissue.Ihadnotrealizedthatmymodemalsoworkedasarouter!MysetupisaZyXeL modem/router(wired)toaLinksysWRT160N(wireless)router.Myproblemwastherefore,thattherequestsnever gotthroughtotheLinksysandobviouslycouldnotforwardtheportstotheNAS!Sobasic,butyetsoeasytomiss. Whattodoisthis.

OpenabrowserandaccessyourOTHERrouter.InmycasetheIPwas10.0.0.1.Youwillbepromptedfora password.DefaultonZyXeLis1234,butamuchlongerpasswordhadbeensetbymyISP(Cybercity),soIhadto retrieveitfromapieceofpaperhiddenawayinaverydustybox.Anyways,whenyou'vegottenaccesstotherouter, wemustdoanotherportforward,sogothere.Now,forwardALLports(164000)toyourotherrouter.Thisisdone bydoingaportforwardrange,1asstartand64000asend.Now,theimportantthingthisisgettingtheIPcorrectfor therouter.ItisNOT192.168...Instead,itwillmostlikelybe10.0.0.2orsimilar.Enabletheportforwarding.

Let'scheckthedomainonceagain.Doesitwork?Ireallyhopeso,sincetherearenomorestepsinthisguide.Have funwithyourremoteaccessibleNAS:)

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Jeroen
March27th,201123:23

ThanksJohan,ivegotmyNASallfiredupandreadytoroll.Yourarticlewasofgreathelp. Cheers!Jeroen.

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Robertinho
March29th,201100:22

Manythanks,Johan.Ivebeenlookingfor3daysuntilIfoundyourrecomendations.My solutionwasinthedamnUPnP,thatwasdisabled.ButifInotreadyourblogIllneverfound theproblem. MyNASandmyegoisupandrunningnow. Cheers!

Jakchirak
April10th,201119:18

thanx.butbecarefull: nohttpsavailable. nolimitedtryonLogin/pass .asmallscriptandyouaredone:(

Arnaud
April22nd,201121:46

thankveryusefull!

Arnaud
April22nd,201121:51

Txveryusefull.HasanybodyhasmanagedaccessingremotelytheMySqlServerusing Workbenchtool?

chris
August13th,201118:59

thanksforthepost.thelgprovidedinstructionssureareterrible.sohereswhereimat.wheni entertheurlintoabrowser,igetapagefrommyserviceproviderwithinfoaboutmycable modemanditsaysthatimconnected.nowheretoconnecttomyLGNAS.Nowwhat?

Navdeep
December8th,201121:42

Hi, IgottheLGN2R1DD1whichisa1TB+DVDRWNASdriveworksnicewithinmy internalnetwork(192.168.1.48)butsettingupDDNSisjustmakingmemad. Heresmysetup: Netgear(192.168.1.1)WNR1000v2router>CiscoDPC2100R2modem>ComcastISP Netgearissetuptoportforward20,80,9090,9091withIP192.168.1.48(bothTCP/UDP) Ciscomodem(192.168.100.1)doesnthaveanyloginorportforward(justasysteminfopage

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Ciscomodem(192.168.100.1)doesnthaveanyloginorportforward(justasysteminfopage showsup) CalledComcastandtheytoldmethattheyhavenocontrolnorunblockIPsorPortsforspecific users! UnabletoaccessmyNASoutsidethenetwork:(andwithintheLGNASadmin,itshows DDNSisworkingcorrectly.MyIPis67.188.XX.XXX Anyhelpwouldbeappreciatedalot.Thankyou

Torben
January10th,201218:04

Ihadtoforwardport8000alsoandthenitworked:D

JP
February14th,201206:32

Hi, TheonlyissuepeopleshouldbeawareofisthattheLGisbeingopeneduptotheoutsideworld onsomecommonportsandthatcouldbeapotentialsecurityrisk. Thanks

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