[paolo]

(09-13-2011, 07:40 AM)NefCanuck Wrote: Okay I've really let this linger too long and now I'm in a bit of a time crunch so I don't know if I can solve this in time.

I want to be able to access the NAS drives while I'm away in NYC (I leave Thursday the 15th, hence my timing issue)

I started farting around on the DYN DNS site to try and set up the free re-direct but the IP that it appears to find is for the modem itself (and that IP can change dynamically based on Bell releasing / renewing connections at its whim) so I'm at a loss as to how to get it to point to the NAS drive in my private network within that IP address.

So, in a nutshell, I'm stumped, anyone care to walk me through this? I can get most stuff working, but networking issues always make my head hurt

NefCanuck

Most mid to high end Routers have a configuration for a DynDNS, you just enter your login credentials and your dyndns is sync'd with your local WAN IP. I did exactly what your trying to acomplish, It was easy for me because my router had a built-in vpn connectivity. you VPN into your dyndns address, and then your entire local network is available to you including your NAS or NDAS drives. I was using NDAS at the time so the client s/w on my pc found the drive and mounted the volume. The only difference was the speed over the interwebz was kinda slow.