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How do i share hard drive over internet using airport extreme.

Hello,

I bought an airport extreme. I plugged my usb hard drive into it. I can see my drive in my finder on my macbook pro. But the ad from apple also said that i would be able to share my hard drive over the internet. I want to acces my hard drive when I m on the road. I googled this so many times but i cant find the answer. Can anyone help me?

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Posted on Nov 5, 2011 10:17 AM

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Tesserax

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Posted on Nov 5, 2011 10:33 AM

You will need to both enable File Sharing and configure the AirPort for Port Mapping.

The following are the basic steps to do so:

Start the AirPort Utility > Select the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (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.)
In the Public UDP Port(s) and Public TCP Port(s) boxes, type in a 4-digit port number (e.g., 8888) that you choose. In the Private IP Address box, type the internal IP address of your AEBSn that you wrote down in step 1. In the Private UDP Port(s) and Private TCP Port(s) boxes, type 548. Click Continue.
In the Description box, type a descriptive name like "AirPort Disk File Sharing," and then, click Done.
Click on Update.

To connect to the shared AirPort Disk from a remote location using a Mac:

From the Finder > Go > Connect to Server.
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.
You should be prompted for your user name and password. The user name can be anything you like; the password should be the Disk password for the AEBSn that you created in step 6 previously.
Click Connect.

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edex67

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Feb 25, 2013 12:05 AM in response to hss82

This won't work, because you have another router downstream of the Extreme. Set up this router to port forward, and put the Extreme into bridge mode.

Mar 20, 2014 6:33 AM in response to Siamees

I have a similar problem. I've bought the Airport Extreme Base Station 802.11n Wi-Fi but I'm trying to connect my hard drive (a WD 2 TB hard drive) so I can share it over the Base Station.

The Base Station was purchased for this purpose mainly as the Lacie Cloudbox didn't do what I wanted it to do.

As the Extreme BS is connected after the router it is in Bridge mode.

Mar 20, 2014 7:09 AM in response to flemishgael

The Hard drive is the following.

WD Elements 2 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

Technical Details

Brand Name: Western Digital
Model: WDBAAU0020HBK-NESN
Hard Disk Size: 2048 GB
Warranty: 1 - Year limited warranty
Hard Disk Description: Desktop
Weight: 1.32 pounds

It is recognised on the Macbook Air when connecting it directly via USB 2.0.

I have another WD Elements 1TB and a 3TB and both are recognsied when connecting via the USB port but not when connecting it to the Airport Extreme. Another Drive, a Toshiba 1TB external harddrive without power supply is also not recognised. The Lacie Cloudbox connnected to the Extreme is recognised withoyt any problem at all.

Mar 20, 2014 7:45 AM in response to flemishgael

Btw, while I'm at it. I also have a USB feeder that basically turns the one USB connection into 7 with its own power supply. This works well when connnecting all 5 hard drives I have and the USB super drive to the Macbook and allows me to choose between the 5 hard drives and the super drive without having to unconnect the one drive and then connect the next. This si done basically since each drive is used for a different project.

Would it also work on the Airport Extreme? If I would finally be able to connect the one drive to the Airport Extreme Base Station I suppose the next step would be to see if I can connect all 5 via the feeder into the one USB port.

Any ideas on that? It would basically only need to create a "server" connection to gain acccess and share the device connected to the USB port so I suppose this should work as only one device, the feeder, would be connected to the BS. Still have to make the one work though as that still doesn't work as per above posts.

I'm running Mavericks and the newest version of the airport utility on a 2013 Macbook Air

Mar 25, 2014 4:21 AM in response to flemishgael

Anyone??????

Mar 25, 2014 1:26 PM in response to flemishgael

I put an answer in your thread.

How do i share hard drive over internet using airport extreme.