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Accessing a share via HTTP
I've followed the standard instructions here on the ReadyNAS site for creating a web server share, and set the permissions as required (read only access via HTTP enabled, Login authentication disabled...
Just tried accessing my share/HTML file over the internet again 48hrs later and it's all working. Inexplicable, as I haven't changed anything since I was attempting to set this up the other day and apparently failing.
Thanks for your response Stephen. I hadn't changed any "remote management" setting that I'm aware of, but yes, I am using a separate internet connection (my mobile data connection) to test external internet access to the NAS share. The other night, as described, I was being served my router login (which was slightly alarming from a security point of view?!) and it seemed I must have done something wrong, even though I'd been over and over the port forwarding process. Anyway, I tried the same thing tonight as a starting point and the browser pointed straight to my index.html file as it should.
so it seems I am now in business.
Can I feel reassured that I have not exposed my router login screen and home network to easier malicious access from the WAN than before I messed with the setup?
Thanks for your response Stephen. I hadn't changed any "remote management" setting that I'm aware of, but yes, I am using a separate internet connection (my mobile data connection) to test external internet access to the NAS share. The other night, as described, I was being served my router login (which was slightly alarming from a security point of view?!) and it seemed I must have done something wrong, even though I'd been over and over the port forwarding process. Anyway, I tried the same thing tonight as a starting point and the browser pointed straight to my index.html file as it should.
so it seems I am now in business.
Can I feel reassured that I have not exposed my router login screen and home network to easier malicious access from the WAN than before I messed with the setup?
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