HP mv5150 HP MV2120, MV5020, MV5140, MV5150 Media Vault - User's Guide - Page 107

9 Remote Access What's in this chapter » Enabling Remote Access » Renewing Your Personal Domain » Accessing Your Media Vault Remotely » Browsing Files Remotely Remote access enables you to access photos, music, movies or other files on your HP Media Vault when you are away from home. For instance, you are at a party and have the ideal music on your server. You could log in remotely to download the music and burn it to a CD to share with all of your friends. Likewise, remote access makes it possible for family and friends outside of your home network to access your HP Photo Webshare from a web browser. Family or friends outside of your home network can also view or upload photos or videos to Webshare once remote access is enabled and Webshare visitor accounts are created. For additional information on setting up Webshare, see Photo Webshare on page 3-33. Enabling Remote Access There are a few things to consider before enabling remote access. The first is the security of your HP Media Vault. It is strongly recommended that you create an administrator user name and password for your HP Media Vault Administration Console. Otherwise, anyone with your personal domain can access your Administration Console and change system settings for your Media Vault. For additional information, see Editing System Settings on page 2-26. Another consideration before enabling remote access is the security level of your shared folders. Public shared folders must be password protected before they can be accessed remotely. Public shared folders have a lower level of security since they are password protected at the folder level. Private shared folders are more secure since they require each user to have a 9-99