Hoddo
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anyone have any ideas how to access a network drive from the internet?
what steps do I need to take to enable such option?
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Aaron
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You mean a network drive on a remote computer/server?
Your options are things like FTP or remote desktop.
Does the target computer have an always on internet connection?
[Edited on 01-06-2008 by Aaron]
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Andrew
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Can do it if you have a VPN connection. The windows one will be surfice, but not too secure.
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Hoddo
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the target computer does always have a connection. I gussed I can do it vire ftp but what details do I need?
external Ip of network drive?
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Aaron
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The HD wont have an external IP address....it'll have a private address (i.e. 192.168.x.x)
You'll need to create a firewall rule to direct incoming traffic on the FTP port (25 i think) to go direct to the internal IP of the Hard Drive
For example.
I have a server at home with an IP of 192.168.0.2. I want to connect to it using remote desktop connection software.
On my netgear router, i have to direct all traffic coming in to my router on port 3389 (the port remote desktop connection uses) to go to the IP of my server (192.168.0.2)
Hope that helps you in some way.
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Hoddo
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hmm I kinda get what your saying, but surely trying to access a 192.168 (internal ip) from an external address just wont work?
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pow
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Yes it will, but theres big security implications. You need to do what Aaron said and port forward from the router to the external HDD
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by Hoddo
hmm I kinda get what your saying, but surely trying to access a 192.168 (internal ip) from an external address just wont work?
Thats why you do a route on your firewall to send all traffic coming in to your external IP (Class A) to the IP of your External HD (Class C) But only on the port you want (FTP Port)
On most routers you're able to choose which external IP's are allowed to use this rule....it blocks all others. So theres some security i suppose.
Or you could just DMZ the drive 
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pow
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DMZ the drive 
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Hoddo
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right I will have a look tnite
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