Bonjour & disk sharing over WAN -Expert/Genius help required

*Goal: Learn how to connect to my USB hard disk over WAN, share drive with specific people.*
I'm trying to figure out how to remotely access my data on the external drive via connected via USB to my AEBN.
I've spent several hours dinking around with my router, trying to see if I can access the drive over the WAN. I haven't found any manuals, discussions, or K-Base articles that spell it out for me. Below is a list of things I've done. Please indicate whether they are relevant, and if possible what the procedure is. Thanks:
Conditions: I have a static IP address and through the DHCP tab I have assigned all attached machines a static LAN IP address.
*1. Airport>Base Station: Allow configuration over Ethernet WAN port.* I've checked this box and can remotely admin my AEBN from my PC laptop (XP) via the Airport Utility.
*2. Airport>Access Control: MAC Address Access Control.* I didn't know if this would help or hurt anything so I added the MAC address for all ethernet and wireless ports connected to my network and given unlimited or untimed access. +No noticeable difference.+
*3. Internet>DHCP: DHCP Reservations.* As mentioned above in conditions, I've assigned an internal IP address for each device's ethernet and wireless ports, based on the MAC address. +Seems like this and Access Control are redundant except for the time settings.+
*4. Disks>File Sharing:* Enable file sharing is checked, with accounts (configured), "Share disks over ethernet WAN port" is also checked, as is "Advertise disks globally using Bonjour". Not sure what to put in the bottom two fields (Workgroup and WINS Server) so they're blank.
*5. Advanced>Port Mapping:* I've assigned ports to my iMac for gaming and SSH access but I don't think these would effect the USB disk would they?
*6. Advanced>Bonjour:* "Use a wide-area hostname" is checked. My LAN network name is in the Hostname field, for Domain I just typed my WAN IP address, and I put something in for Name and Password.
I'd love any assistance to figure this out.
Lastly, how does Bonjour help over the WAN? Is there some sort of Bonjour application I open log-in, like FTP client software?

Since this discussion has now been resurrected...
The advice provided by chrisfenix will allow you to access the Airport drive from a PC on your private LAN.
The preceding discussion, however, was on the topic of accessing the Airport drive remotely over the internet. To do that, you could still use the advice provided by chrisfenix but substitute the public IP address of the Base Station. To find that out (and answer a question posed earlier in this discussion as well) just go to http://whatismyip.com/ from any computer on your own network.
To answer a question posed by the originator of this discussion - Bonjour is not at all necessary for remote access of the Airport drive. Those people who know how to use this feature will know what it is for and how to implement it - the rest of us can just pretend this feature doesn't exist.

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I just wanted to say I read this article http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/769126-airport-extreme-connecting-remotely-wit hout-mobileme/
and wanted to do what the title said.
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-I am unable to access the disk over the internet.
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4.     Can I just mount the drive using the WAN IP?
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2.     Should I use the IP address 10.0.0.1 (default IP of router) as the place where I want to map to?
Thank you and sorry for this long post.

You do not need the AirPort Utility installed on your computer in order to access a shared drive from either a remote location or on the local network. This utility's primary purpose is for administering the base station.
You will need to both enable File Sharing and configure the AirPort for Port Mapping. It is pretty much described step-by-step in the article you referenced in the beginning of your post.
Ok, so let's go over the basic steps to see if anything was missed.
Start the AirPort Utility > Select the AEBSn, and then, note the IP address shown.
Select Manual Setup.
Verify that Connection Sharing = Share a public IP address is selected on the Internet > Internet Connection tab.
Select Disks, and then, select File Sharing.
Verify that both the "Enable file sharing" and "Share disks over WAN" options are enabled.
Verify that Secure Shared Disks = With a disk password. (Recommended)
Verify that AirPort Disks Guest Access = Not allowed. (Recommended)
Select Advanced, and then, select the Port Mapping tab.
Click the plus sign to add a new port mapping.
For Service, select the "Personal File Sharing" option. (Note: This option would only allow Mac clients to access the AirPort Disks. If you want both Macs and PCs to connect, you would need to leave this field at its default value and enter the appropriate SMB ports to the mix of ports to be opened.)
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In the Description box, type a descriptive name like "AirPort Disk File Sharing," and then, click Done.
Click on Update.
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Enter the DynDNS-provided Domain Name or Pubic (WAN-side) IP address of the AEBSn, followed by a colon and the Public port number that you choose in step 11 of the previous procedure. For example: afp://www.mydyndnsdomain.com:8888 or afp://123.456.789.123:8888
Click Connect.
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iBartley wrote:
This is the main router. I have forwarded 548. I am trying to use the public Ip from ISP. I have am connecting from a windows machine. Can I still connect through icoud?
Ok, there are several things wrong here.
1. If the AE is the main router you do not port forward.. you simply tick that hard disk will have wan access.
In the airport utility you tick, share disk over WAN.
Now I don't have the new AC model but I expect it will be the same.
2. The public IP from the ISP is generally dynamic and keeps changing.. unless you pay for a static IP. It is hard to get dyndns working for the AE.. I used to think impossible but Tesserax has been able to do it.
3. Windows cannot access the AE using AFP protocol.. when you tick the share disk with wan.. only AFP protocol is exposed.. because it is reasonably secure.. SMB (windows) protocol is not shared with WAN ever.. it is only shared in LAN.. and most ISP block the ports due to the internet containing several zillion windows computers with sharing turned on and no security.. The entire internet would collapse if they allowed SMB.
AFAIK there is no suitable AFP file access software for windows.. although you might have a solution to that.
Port 548 mentioned is AFP.. not SMB.
Only the Mac can access the AE hard disk.. so using BTMM makes good sense.
4. The only way I would recommend you attempt remote access via windows is using a vpn router.. and put the AE into bridge mode and access directly via vpn to the whole network.. this is a professional solution and is the way any buisness would do it. It is secure and any computer or ipad or iphone with vpn client can access the network.

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I am having this problem with my TC (firmware 7.6.4):
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Using BTMM there is no need to tick share disk to WAN..
The BTMM is a connection through the NAT to the local LAN of your network. When you tick the share disk to WAN it messes that up.. although I cannot remember that being the case.
Maybe they fiddled around again in 7.6.4 and changed it.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3486
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Well that's good to know going forward!
"Make sense?"
Yep - no confusion whatsoever.
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Hello i do have no checkbox for "Share disk over WAN" on my airport settings for TC. What should i do? I just want to access my TC over internet.
this is back to my mac option from settings. It says 'set router' which is doubtful to me.
and here there is no checkox for it.
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What kind of broadband do you use?
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my disks equal to over 250GB.
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If the TC is bridged.. there is no wan port. LOL!!
So there is no need to access it over wan.. because it doesn't have one.
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Or.. you can simply access it via port forwarding of port 548 on the existing router.
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