I can access the web interface of the MCH by direct HTTP connection to the MCH’s IP address and log in, turn on local network connectivity, but cannot manage the settings to enable NFS on the MCH. Unfortunately, it lacks to possibility to configure NFS. The strange thing is that the smartphone app shows connection type local no matter in what network the MCH is. My computers and my smartphone are directly connected to the OPNSense. The private firewall appliance is an OPNSense. Why don’t you just plug the MCH into this ‘private firewall appliance’ and see what happens? I duefully searched the WD documentation and the internet but I did not find helpful information: wouldn’t it work to add port forwardings in the router manually? If so, which external ports need to be forwarded to the internal ports of the WD M圜loud Home Duo? The issue with trying another router is that AVM FritzBox is the quasi-standard router in Germany and it’s hard to find someone who uses another model to connect to the internet and not only switching from RAID1 to JBOD and changing the device’s nickname. It would be nice if the android mobile app would allow me to configure NFS, SMB shares etc. This is even more surprising since the smartphone is a different network segment behind my private firewall appliance. The android mobile app indicated connection type “Local”. The web app still indicates connection type “Relay”. Restarted the web app (closed tab, logged out, logged in on different computers).Router additionally configured to allow the device to create its own port forwardings via UPnP.WD M圜loud Home Duo and Windows laptop are both directly plugged into the router.UPnP device host is enabled on the Windows laptop.

I tried to follow the recommendations as closely as possible: The complication is when you need to reset or ‘Clear Device Settings’, then internet authentication is once again required. So once you have local access enabled, you shouldn’t need to have UPnP enabled on the router if you don’t need the cloud access functionality. The new firmware after 8.12 allowed ‘Local Access’ without internet authentication. I searched but did not find documentation to learn about the mechanism how the device connects and reacts and can be reached. Is it mandatory for the device to have an internet connection, open ports and so on to be administrated even if I only want to use the device from the local network? But what I see is what I have shown in the screenshot. My expectation is: if I have the device right in front of me on my desk, connected to same network segment, the web frontend of the device can be reached and I can log in, then it should be possible to just configure the device locally in the frontend. I need to better understand the inner workings before trying this and that. I think I am missing some very basic understanding of how administration of the WD M圜loud Home Duo actually works. turning the firewall in the router completely off for the device. I hoped that I could reach the device if I fully expose it to the internet (for testing only!), i.e.

A router of the same brand as I have (AVM) was listed as incompatible but not mine.Ad-blocker temporarily deactivated in the browser. I mostly use Linux but also tried it from Windows 11 on two devices.Actually, I did consult the documentation on the WD support pages.

Duo not seen by mobile app