Lacie CloudBox User Manual - Page 140

Find your router's public IP address - At home, Remote FTP Access - Outside the home

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REMOTE FTP ACCESS TO YOUR LACIE CLOUDBOX You can access and share your LaCie CloudBox files from a computer outside of your home network. To gain access using FTP, you will need to know your router's public IP address. Find your router's public IP address - At home Follow the directions below to retrieve your router's public IP address: 1. Make certain that the computer you are using at home is connected to the same router as your LaCie CloudBox. 2. Click on http://www.whatismyip.com to find your public IP address. 3. Note your public IP address. Remote FTP Access - Outside the home 1. Launch an internet browser or FTP client software. 2. Within the internet browser or FTP client's address field, type: s Public folders only: ftp://[Public IP-address] (For example, ftp://94.10.72.149) s Public and private folders: ftp://[username:password@Public IP-address] (For example, ftp://admin:[email protected]) For further information on the public IP address for your router, see your router's user manual or your internet service provider. CloudBox User Manual 140

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CloudBox User Manual
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REMOTE FTP ACCESS TO YOUR LACIE CLOUDBOX
You can access and share your LaCie CloudBox files from a computer outside of your home network. To gain
access using FTP, you will need to know your router's public IP address.
Find your router's public IP address - At home
Follow the directions below to retrieve your router's public IP address:
Make certain that the computer you are using at home is connected to the same router as your LaCie
1.
CloudBox.
Click on
to find your public IP address.
2.
Note your public IP address.
3.
Remote FTP Access - Outside the home
Launch an internet browser or FTP client software.
1.
Within the internet browser or FTP client's address field, type:
2.
Public folders only: ftp://[Public IP-address] (For example, ftp://94.10.72.149)
Public and private folders: ftp://[username:password@Public IP-address] (For example,
ftp://admin:[email protected])
For further information on the public IP address for your router, see your router's user manual or your internet
service provider.