RaidSonic IB-NAS5520 - 5.2.3 DDNS Configuration; 5.2.4 Portal and UPnP Settings

Manual IB-NAS5520
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Password EnteryourpasswordprovidedbyyourISP(InternetServiceProvider)
ServiceOn
Demand
ThePPPdaemonwillONLYconnecttoyourISPondemand,whenaLANuser
attemptstosenddata totheInternet.Whenthereisnodatatraffic,itwillclosethe
connectiontotheISP.
5.2.3 DDNS
DDNS(DynamicDomainNameService)allowsyoutocreateaneasy‐to‐rememberdomainnamein
ordertoaccessyournetworkdriveremotely.Itpointstoyournetworkdriveevenwhenyour
Internetconnectionhasadynamic IPaddressandthereisnoneedtorememberanIPaddr ess.
‐EnabletheDDNSfunction.
‐Selectoneoftheavailableserviceprovidersfromthedrop‐downlist.
‐ForDYNDNSgotowww.dyndns.com
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‐Createafreeaccountwiththeserviceproviderandregisteryourpreferredname.
‐Enterthehostname,usernameandpasswordintothecorrespondingfields.
‐ClickApply.
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Thenetworkdrivewillconnect toyourDDNSaccountandupdateitsIPaddresswheneveritchanges.
Toestablishremoteaccesstoyournetworkdrivewhenitisconnectedtoanetworkrouterorswitch,
youneedtoconfigureportforwarding(e.g.WebUIport8000orWebDAVport8080).Formoreinfo
abouthowtosetupportforwardingonyourrouter,seehttp://portforward.com
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Youarenowreadytoenteryournewlyregistereddomainnameinthewebbrowserandaccessyour
networkdriveremotely.
Remoteloginisalreadyenabledandsetupbydefault.Gotoh ttp://myakitio.com
,entertheMAC
address(12digits,allinoneword).Nofurtherconfigurationsareneeded.
TheDDNSserviceforthisNASwasdesignedtobeusedwithaPPPoEconnection.IfyourNASis
behindanetworkrouterandnotconnecteddirectlytotheexternalIP,thisfunctionwillnotwork.
Instead,pleaseuseourwebportalathttp://myakitio.com
forremotelogin.
5.2.4 Portal Service
Thisserviceisrequiredforremoteloginstothewebinterfaceandforremotefileaccessvia
WebDAV.TheHostNamedisplaystheservernameforremotelogin.Whentheportalserviceis
enabledandrunning,thestatusshowsOK,otherwiseitshowsNone.
Donotdisabletheportalserviceifyouwanttologintoyournetworkdriveviathewebportal
athttp://myakitio.com
.Ifyouonlyusethedeviceonthelocalareanetwork,werecommend to
disabletheportalserviceforsecurityreasons.
UPnPPortMapping
Thisserviceautomaticallysetsupportforwardingonyournetworkrouter.Notallnetworkrouters
supportthisfunctionandsomemightnotevenhaveUPnP.Ifthatisthecaseinyournetwork,please
setupportforwardingmanually.Todoso,logintoyourrouterandfindthesettingfor“port
forwarding”.Formoredetailsonhowtouseportforwarding,pleaserefer
tohttp://portforward.com
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Assumingthatyouareusingthedefaultportnumbers,forthewebinterface,setuparedirectfor
TCPtrafficfromWANport8000toLANport8000.