Share Airport Disk over WAN via iCloud

Does anyone have info on how 7.6.1 allows WAN access via an iCloud account? Supposedly that was a new feature and I can't find anything about it.
Sorry for everyone's frustrations. My 7.6.1 update went fine on two Extremes & an Express. 7.5.2 was the one that gave me fits last year.

I understand now about the IP address but every address that makes a direct connection to the Internet must be unique so I don't understand how you and your neighbour can have the same IP address. You may be on the same subnet, first three groups of number in IP the same, but it is impossible to have the exact same address otherwise the Internet would be broken for both of you. Are you sure the last group of numbers is not different? In the following sequence the number represented by DDD should be different between you and your neighbour.
AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD <-- DDD must be different
Anyway, it appears that things are mostly working. If you can access the Airport base station to configure it remotely then you should also be able to access the hard drive remotely.
When you are at a remote location does the name of your Airport Base station stay on the Finder sidebar? If it does what happens when you click on it to select it? If your AirPort disks are protected by a password it should ask you for your password and then the disk should become available.

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Oct 18 00:05:54 Severity:3 Wide-Area Bonjour error for "CRUICKSHANK.smb.tcp.wcgwave.ca." (-65537).
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Hey there,
i figured out that i'm not able to connect to my remote AirPort device using AirPort Utility.
Doesn't iCloud support this feature? Do I need to confirue something else to get it work?
kind regards
Andreas

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Where to place files and folder in shared disk over WAN

Hello, I have a new Airport Time Capsule 3TB and I want to share my disk over WAN for remote accessing.
When I log to the server with my MacBook or iPhone, I see "Data" folder, and inside it I see my Time Machine backups.
My question is: where, -in the Time Capsule disk-, do I have to place the files / folders that I want to share over WAN. I am afraid to damage or corrupt my Time Capsule backups.
Thank you in advance.

It is not possible to partition the Time Capsule drive.....unless you.....
Pull the drive from the Time Capsule case....(voids the warranty)
Install the drive in a separate enclosure or caddy
Connect the enclosure directly to your Mac
Use Disk Utility to partition the drive
Reinstall the drive back in the Time Capsule
This is a lot of work....and should best be left to a technician.
All things considered, it would be better if you dedicated the Time Capsule for Time Machine backups only...and added another drive for your shared file needs, but few users seem willing to do this.

Share disks over wan

Hi All
I am having this problem with my TC (firmware 7.6.4):
If I tick "Share disks over wan" I can not access the disk from outside my network
If I untick it, then I can access the disk from remote.
It is like it is inverted.
Am I the only one?
Thanks

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.
Anyway it is not really an issue.. just set to what works for you.
As you can see the instructions for setting up BTMM do not say anything about sharing the disk over wan.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3486
How to set up your AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, or AirPort Time Capsule for Back to My Mac
Make sure you are on the same local area network as the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, or AirPort Time Capsule that you wish to configure.
For OS X: In the Finder, choose Utilities from the Go menu, then open AirPort Utility. (You should be using AirPort Utility v6.3 or later).
Select your AirPort base station.
If the AirPort base station you wish to configure is not shown, click "Other AirPort base stations" and select the AirPort base station you wish to configure for use with Back to My Mac. This may require choosing a different Network Interface from the pop-up menu.
Click Edit.
Enter the base station password if prompted (not your iCloud password).
Select the Base Station tab.
Enter your iCloud user name and password in the Back to My Mac section. You should see a green status indicator.
Click Update to save your changes.
You use share a disk with WAN to directly access the TC via AFP. That is alternative method of access.
See https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3413 for details of the different methods of access.

Share disks over WAN setup AEBS 802.11ac

I am trying to share a usb HDD over my home network that I can access outside of my network. I have read some answers in these communities and followed their instructions, but no resolution. I was wanting something like afp://x.x.x.x:port# to get to it. it has been formatted on a MAC with HFS+. My home network sees the HDD but I cant reach it outside the network.
-Bart (Dropbox alternative)

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.

Time Capsule 2TB missing "Share Disks over WAN" option

I bought a time capsule about a month ago. Setup was no problem. Have a MobileMe account. Successfully setup remote access using MobileMe. Needed to select "Share Disks Over WAN" under the file sharing tab which is under the disk tab in setup in order to make it work.
Bought another time capsule yesterday and trying to setup in another location. This model does not have that "Share Disks Over WAN" option. Am I missing something? Did Apple make a change? I am not able to access this new drive remotely now, even with my MobileMe account active.

"As I write this, I am using my wife's iPad to browse files and folders on the Time Capsule disk. I can switch over to the disk attached to the AirPort Extreme with a single tap."
Awesome! Hopefully I will have the same luck as you!
"I said that Filebrowser will do a very nice job. One of my support policies is that I never offer advice or instructions unless I have done it myself. "
Well that's good to know going forward!
"Make sense?"
Yep - no confusion whatsoever.
Brian

There is no "Share disk over WAN" checkbox

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.
note: it is 7.6.1

What kind of broadband do you use?
BTMM should work fine with any router that uses upnp or nat-pmp. You do not require an apple router.
If you want to access the TC from internet.. that is possible manually.. in fact it works really well.
You need to set up a dynamic dns account.. almost all routers will have a client.. pick a service for which you have a client.. (unless you have static public IP which is even better).
Then simply port forward AFP protocol TCP port 548 to the TC.. which is in bridge.
Remotely you access by typing in connect to server... AFP://dynamicip or staticpublicIP.
Just google remote access to TC there are plenty of discussions and youtube video of how to do it.

Difference between Share Disks over WAN vs. over Internet using Bonjour?

I would like to find out the Difference between selecting the "Share Disks over WAN" option only vs also selecting the additional "Share disks over Internet using Bonjour" option. Any info is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

you can access drives plugged into your AirPort extreme base station from outside the network by typing in the IP address of the modem/base station in the "Connect to Server" dialogue on the Finders "Go" menu (or press Command+K when in Finder). You can get the base station IP by opening the AirPort Utility from your utilities folder, and click "manual setup" at the very bottom of the summary tab should be the IP address given the base by your modem.
As long as you have "Share Disks over WAN enabled" when you connect using the IP from another location you will be prompted to authenticate to the AirPort Base station and if authentication is successful you will be prompted to mount a disk (the disk plugged into your AirPort base station should be the only available disk to mount).
Keep in mind you must give out the Base Station password unless you allow guest connections to the disk.

Share disks over wan option missing

I have a Time Capsule (firmware 7.6.1) I am setting up with the Airport Utility (version 6.1). I am trying to share the internal drive (or even a drive connected through the USB port) externally on the internet so that I can access files remotely. I keep reading about an option to "share disks over WAN" that is supposedly on the "Disks" page of the Airport Utility. The problem is, this option is not present - at least not for me.
The "Disks" page has a list of partitions, a button to "Erase Disk", a checkbox to "Enable file sharing", and a drop-down called "Secure Shared Disks" - that's it for options.
Any ideas why I don't see this option?
Brian

"As I write this, I am using my wife's iPad to browse files and folders on the Time Capsule disk. I can switch over to the disk attached to the AirPort Extreme with a single tap."
Awesome! Hopefully I will have the same luck as you!
"I said that Filebrowser will do a very nice job. One of my support policies is that I never offer advice or instructions unless I have done it myself. "
Well that's good to know going forward!
"Make sense?"
Yep - no confusion whatsoever.
Brian

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Sharing an Airport disk over any network?

How can I access my Airport disk over any network and not just my local network? Like if I'm in Starbucks and I want access to my Airport disk at home.

Not a simple matter:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=372603

Share disks over WAN for Windows

I spent a lot of time searching through the forum to find the solution for my problem but I could not seem to find the concrete solution for it. Hence, I'm asking for help.
Problem description:
I can't access my USB drives connected to the Airport Extreme over the WAN from Windows XP. However, it's working fine with my Mac.
My Configuration:
+ Airport Extreme firmware version 7.2
+ 3 USB drives connected to the Airport Extreme via the USB hub
Using the AirPort Utility, I have configured the followings.
+ On the Airport/Base Station tab, I have enabled "Allow configuration over Ethernet WAN port" and "Advertise configuration globally using Bonjour"
+ On the Disks/File Sharing tab, I have enabled "Enable file sharing" with accounts options (and I have created different user accounts). I also enabled "Share disks over Ethernet WAN port" and "Advertise disks globally using Bonjour"
+ On the Advanced/Bonjour tab, I have enabled "Use a wide-area hostname"
+ I also registered my dynamic IP address at home with DynDNS
My Observations:
+ At home (this means locally), I can access all the drives from all of my machines including, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac Mini, PowerBook.
+ Outside of home (this means over the (WAN), either at work or at my friend's house, I still can access all the drives from my PowerBook. However, I CANNOT access any of the drives from any Windows machines.
My Understanding:
+ On Mac, it uses AFP protocol for file sharing and this is working fine locally or over the WAN.
+ On PC, it uses CIFS protocol for file sharing and Airport Extreme seems to have issue with this over the WAN.
Help!!!
If anyone has found a working solution and has tried it yourself and you know it works, please post the solution with detail steps. Your help will be highly appriciated. I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one who has this issue.
Thanks

Ahansen,
I don't think this issue has anything to do with static IP address. For most of us in the US, although we have the dynamic IP address from our ISP (I have Comcast in my case), if the modem/router is always on 24/7, the IP address does not get renewed.
Again, although, I have the dynamic IP address, I have the same IP address for many months. I have been using the same IP address to remote desktop back to my server at home when I'm away from home.
I don't see how the static IP address is revelant here in this case unless I'm missing something.
If it works for you, everyone will appreciate you very much if you can post the detail instruction here.

Share USB Disks over Ethernet WAN port

What exactly does this option enable? The manual is a little less than clear. If I enable it, how would I access the drive remotely? I have dyndns set up, and the AEBS get's the Internet routable IP.
But what method would I use? HTTP? FTP? What?
I saw one post where it made it sound like this would actually keep dyndns updated with any IP changes, but that seems unlikely with how it is worded and documented.
thanks,
Sean

According to a couple of reviews, sharing over wan is CIFS for Windows and AFP for Mac. I can access the drive remotely using AFP, but not CIFS. I go into "map network drive" and enter the server as follows:
\\domain.dyndns.org\hdname
That works when the machine is on the local network, but if I turn on the VPN, which makes it look like the machine is remote, it fails.
I have the drive shared via wan ethernet enabled, and bonjour turned on.
any ideas?
Thanks,
Sean

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