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Page 21 getting started mapping the public folder windows to map the my cloud public folder for quick access in the future. I immediately took it to pieces and stuck the 4tb hdd into a shiny new synology nas and i havent looked back since. Connecting from windows to a wd mycloud nas drive didnt work any more after windows 10 upgrade. Receive an email notification when this product becomes available. By clicking the notify me when available button below, i consent to the use of the information provided below by. Featuring ultrareliable wd red nas drives my cloud ex4100 comes preconfigured with wd red hard drives, specifically built for nas systems to provide improved performance within 24x7 environments. Wd 4tb my cloud home personal cloud storage wdbvxc0040hwtnesn. Shh into your wd my cloud device using root credentials.
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This drive supports smbcifs shares samba out of the box. I also wanted to be able to use the my cloud app to access the. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. My cloud home is an easytouse personal cloud storage device that plugs directly into your wifi router at home so you can save all your digital content in one central place. Nfs has two major advantages with linux client machines 1 its faster, because the.
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Jun, 2016 hi, i posted another thread related to nfs v4 specifically and the my cloud. When the power came back on, the my cloud spent 2 days trying to initialise itself, but couldnt, because this time the ethernet port had failed. I would like to use it as a nfs server and also install torrent client. If i had received a logical explanation from wd for removing nfs support i would feel better, but no explanation was given. To upload photos to wd my cloud device quick steps. I guess i should have toyed with this 5 minutes longer instead of making a thread.
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