NAS Drive in Windows Explorer - Remotely

[Kozinski]

Hi all,

Currently working of an LG N1T1 NAS Drive in the house and wish to access it in the office (remotely) through windows explorer.

I can connect to the drive fine through a browser and use the on board file viewer, but it is cumbersome - is there a way that I can explore the drive using windows explorer - i.e. as if it was just another drive on my machine?

Using Windows XP in the office.

ANy help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried adding a new network place using the DDNS address, but doesnt seem to work! Help! Please!

 

[tipstir]

I have that option in my NSA325 seems to work so far. I see your using LG NAS 800MHz 1GB of RAM. What are the options do you see for UI Admin for that NAS.

Do you a link to the manual for this NAS?

 

[travisco_nabisco]

You should be able to just map it as a network drive.

Off the top of my head:
- Open an new Explorer window
- Under Tools there should be an option to "Map Network Drive"
- Select the Drive (X you want to map it to
- Enter the IP address of the NAS
- Enter credentials if needed

Hopefully that will work.

 

[stevech]

Hi all,

Currently working of an LG N1T1 NAS Drive in the house and wish to access it in the office (remotely) through windows explorer.

I can connect to the drive fine through a browser and use the on board file viewer, but it is cumbersome - is there a way that I can explore the drive using windows explorer - i.e. as if it was just another drive on my machine?

Using Windows XP in the office.

ANy help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried adding a new network place using the DDNS address, but doesnt seem to work! Help! Please!

Not familiar with the LG, but any decent NAS would permit you to declare folders as CIFS/SMB shares. Then any Windows or Linux PC on the home LAN can access it. But it's a bit complicated... have to use the correct "WORKGROUP" name on the NAS and PCs, have to enable workgroup sharing on the PCs, etc. First, get PC #1 to share-out a folder to PC#2, independent of the NAS. Then get the NAS to share out.

The user guide or software wizard in the NAS should walk you through this.

When this is working, you can move on to accessing via the Internet.. which is more complicated due to security and port number mapping, etc.
This invovles setting up your router properly - and the NAS. Again, the user guides in the NAS should tell you how.

We'll help.

 

[tipstir]

The LG NAS should have feature to remote into the system via Web UI or some now support Android App to manage your NAS or remote into it. I'll look in the LG and see where he needs to be.. If there was a online manual or something to show what he's seeing would help?

 

[tipstir]

File Uploading and Downloading l Remote Network Drive

Page 30 in your manual

Remote Network Drive allows you to use the network folder anywhere, as if you are in your home, through the Window Explorer.
A Right click on the Window’s Remote Network Drive
icon.

- Connect to Network Storage Web Menu
-> Configuration -> Network Service Setting
-> click on ‘Remote Network Drive’
– Click Download to download and
install the latest version of remote
window browser.

Enter Network Storage domain address or the IP
address.

Enter the name of the network folder you wish to
connect to.

Type in the ID and Password used in Network Storage.
Click ‘Detect NAS’ to search for registered
Network Storages within the internal and
external networks.

You can connect to the searched Network Storage
folder in the external network by clicking ‘Remote
NAS List’

Type in the Port Number. (Default : 2020)

Click on ‘Add Remote NAS’.
A
B
B
F
If the name isn’t entered, all the registered folder
will be shown.
※
Click ‘OK’
I
File Uploading and Downloading l Remote Network Drive
J
※IP Address : Enter the authorized IP of the Network Storage.
※ Domain : You can register the Domain Address of the
Network Storage through the 70p DDNS setting.
Connect on Boot : When the PC is started or waking
from the sleep mode, it automatically reconnects to the
corresponding NAS.

If you want to remotely connect, you must set the
UPnP or Port Forwarding on your sharing device.
Refer to 71p for UPnP setting for NAS, and for
sharing device Port Forwarding setting refer to
97p~99p.

※
In ‘Local NAS Found,’ it shows the connected
Network Storage of internal(LAN) and
external(WAN) networks.

 

[tipstir]

Using Network Storage l Play through a Smartphone (LG My Data)

Page 40

Google Play Store (Free)
Apps

LG NAS File Manager
LG My Data

So you can remote into your NAS this way also. check with pages 30 and 40
for more into.

2. Setting up remote connection

If your device doesn’t remotely connect
using UPnP, refer to 103p.
※
Connect to Network Storage
Web Menu -> Configuration ->
Network Service Setting -> Basic
network setting -> Click ‘UPnP’
tab
Select ‘Use’ Then click ‘Save’.
A
A
B
B
Downloading LG My Data on Android
A
B
A Connect to Android Market ->
Click on the magnifying glass
icon.
B Enter lg nas.
Download LG My Data.

 

[tipstir]

Hi all,

Currently working of an LG N1T1 NAS Drive in the house and wish to access it in the office (remotely) through windows explorer.

I can connect to the drive fine through a browser and use the on board file viewer, but it is cumbersome - is there a way that I can explore the drive using windows explorer - i.e. as if it was just another drive on my machine?

Using Windows XP in the office.

ANy help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried adding a new network place using the DDNS address, but doesnt seem to work! Help! Please!

What I can find in your manual your limited to some options but you should be able to remote into NS from another locations. Does your Office allow you for remote connections outside their firewall?

 

[Kozinski]

Thanks for your help guys! Not quite got it up and running yet - but looks like Remote network Drive is the way to go.

Had to update my firmware for the drive as I still had the old UI - thanks a lot peeps!

 

[Kozinski]

Yep all running fine now - heck of a slow, but better than using the Web Interface!

Thanks chaps.

 

[stevech]

You should experience 20 to 60 mBytes/s for large files. For numerous small files, expect much less.