How to access "WD My Cloud Mycloud" with TC?

[iPokey]

Guys,
Can anyone tell me how I can access my WD MyCloud using TC from anywhere in the world?''
I tried and failed...

[ghisler(Author)]

The following should work on a button or via command line:

cd \\192.168.1.2\Public

with 192.168.1.2 the IP address of your MyCloud device.

[iPokey]

Yes, that works locally.

The problem is how to access the drive when I am outside.

[Stefan2]

how to access the drive when I am outside.

Such private addresses as 192. are not routed by Internet routers.

As far as I know you have to use an DynDNS (DDNS) service,
which "translate" your private IP to an Internet-IP (plus to a name)
So you get temporary, lets say 12.34.56.123, and also
e.g. "iPokey.dyn.org", which is redirected to your 192.168.1.2.


See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS
http://dyn.com/




 

[jberry910]

Yes, that works locally.

The problem is how to access the drive when I am outside.

Read the documentation that came with the drive. More than likely you will need to download WD My Cloud on all devices.

[ghisler(Author)]

You cannot use this method (cd address) remotely because the used SMB protocol isn't routed over the Internet.

You either need to use a routed protocol like WebDAV or FTP, or use a VPN tunnel to your home router.

[iPokey]

Original WD MyCloud software is just rubbish.

Can you please help me make it work using TC? It seems I can't do it myself

[ghisler(Author)]

I found this thread on how to connect via webDAV:
https://community.wd.com/t/enable-webdav/94727

You will need my webDAV plugin from here:
http://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm#filesys