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I am trying to remote admin my LS-CHL. I have a Linksys router and a forwarded port 80 to the devices IP.  I used the logic I found on another post that said type the IP and the port (http://99.99.99.99:80) into the addres bar of my browser (Mozilla) but that did not work.

Is there somthing else I need to setup in order for this to work?  

Thank you!

Thank you for responding!

I setup a non-standard port on my router and then pointed it to the ip of the LS-CHL. then I try to connect using my IP and then that port but I still am unable to connect.  The Host name on the Web Access setup should be my IP correct?

I don't think using your IP will work in the Host Name text box (although I've not tried it). Unless you've got a WAN DNS already setup, I'd recommend using BuffaloNAS.com to access your NAS remotely.

This is a good place to start in setting up Web Access.But this is what I did, and it's three stage:

1) Web Access -> Service Setup

• Obviously make sure 'Web Access Service' is enabled
• Set the 'Use BuffaloNAS.com' option to enable
• You can enable 'HTTPS/SSL Encryption' if you want, but I don't bother
• You must make sure 'BuffaloNAS.com Name' is unique, I think the BuffaloNAS.com website will valid it
• 'BuffaloNAS.com Key' is basically a password for your Web Access "account"
• Ignore 'DNS Hostname'
• I personally have 'Auto-Configure Firewall (UPnP)' disabled (if so, you must specify a port)
• 'External Port' is the external port used by your browser, when connecting outside of your LAN. This is not the same as the Web Access Service port, which is always 9000. You can also set the external port to 9000 if you like. Forward port 9000 to your NAS IP in the router firewall setup.

2) Web Access -> Folder Setup

• You configure web access per shared folder, click on each one in turn
• I personally set 'Web Access Settings' to 'Allow All Groups/ Users', but many people use the Inherit option.

3) User Management

This is the bit which stumped me for a while. You need to setup an additional user; the Admin user account can't login via Web Access. Just create a new user, and give it whatever privelages you want. When you try to login again from BuffaloNAS.com, it should prompt you for a username and password. Just enter the detials of the user you just setup.

Hope this works!

Thank you again!

I was able to set this up and connect but now how to I access the Web Interface to Admin the Linkstation?

I too was asking the same question. I would like to access the Admin. Side of the unit from the Web side without using Remote Desktop Connection. I spent alot of time trying to figure this out.

Thanks!

Dean

I tried that suggestion, It does work as far as accessing the files and folders but not the Admin/Users password and permssions from the Web side.

Thanks!

Dean