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live4lax364 · Jul 13, 2008, 06:19 PM

I just got a 500GB TC for my birthday, and i was just wondering, is there a way to view the files on my time capsule ( and hard drives connected via usb) through a URL? I would love to be able to access all of my data through the internet as well as WIFI, and if thats possible, could I simply use that URL and link it with a domain name?

Advice?

thanks.

mduell · Jul 13, 2008, 07:09 PM

Nope, you'd need one of the other, more capable NAS units for that.

live4lax364 · Jul 13, 2008, 07:30 PM

could i make an external hard drive accessible through a URL? If i connected it through my Mac, could i THEN access it through the internet?

thanks for anymore help.

mduell · Jul 13, 2008, 10:02 PM

Sure, if you're willing to have another computer on all the time. Mount the TC shared volume or external disk and then run a web server on your Mac.

besson3c · Jul 13, 2008, 11:59 PM

You'd be better off using SSH or AFP to browse/access your files than running a web server, opening it up the world, and password protecting your URL.