Buffalo LS220DE set-up + info

[johnyx99]

Hi experts.
I have few questions foe you.

Recently i bought Buffalo LS220DE brand new for £40. I believe good price. There was spare 2x8TB drives at home, so i thought i will have nice NAS at home with availability to watch movies at home or when i am away. I am not computer illiterate, can do a lot, but for some reason i networking was tough nut to crack for me. So here are my questions for you guys.

1. I set up webaccess, i believe correctly, because i can watch movies in my TV and phones without any issues. But when i disconnect Wi-Fi, no joy. I checked this and other forums and there is something about port forwarding. Maybe ill be able to do something on my Virgin Media Hub 5. And just for info, I do run latest firmware (1.84) and i have latest apps (phone) as well. I do not mind proceed with factory reset and start again.

2. I believe you can install apps in different NAS's, something like plex or kodi. Can i install some apps to this NAS?

3. Can I run webaccess and DLNA server at the same time? What is the difference between them both?

So yeah, here we go. Thank you for anything and everything.

Jan

[Texturtle]

To answer your questions:

1. WebAccess requires port forwarding to be accessible outside of the local network.
     https://www.buffalotech.com/knowledge-base/setting-up-webaccess-on-a-buffalo-linkstation

2. You cannot install any apps on any Buffalo NAS, they run a closed operating system.

3. WebAccess is designed to allow access to a particular folder from outside the local network, it is purely a remote access function. DLNA is designed to stream
    media from a server to a client. They perform completely different functions. Yes, they can both run at the same.