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Mounting a Remote Device

  1. Open HybridMount.
  2. Click Create Remote Mount.

    A dialog box appears.

  3. Click Create Network Drive Mount.

    The Network Drive Mount Wizard window appears.

  4. Perform one of the following actions.

    Action

    Steps

    Manually specify the device

    Specify the IP address, hostname, or webDAV URL of the device.

    Select a device

    1. Select a remote device from the table.

      Tip:

      Click to refresh the device list.

    2. Specify the account name and password.

    3. Click Connect.
    Tip:

    Click Change Host to specify a different remote device.

  5. Select a protocol.
    Note:

    If you select FTP or WebDAV, you cannot enable other file protocols in the Control Panel. For details, see Enabling File Protocols and File Station Access to Shared Folders.

    Protocol

    Description

    User Actions

    CIFS/SMB

    Microsoft Networking (CIFS/SMB) supports online streaming and thumbnail display. It allows a single folder to be mounted through your local network or when the NAS connects with a VPN service.

    1. Specify the following information.

      • Account name

      • Password

      • Destination folder

      • Connection name

    2. Select Support multimedia playback and thumbnail display.

      Note:

      When selected, the system generates thumbnails and allocates storage space on the remote device.

    FTP

    FTP allows you to mount remote folders to your NAS for easier access to remote data. You can mount either the FTP root folder or a specific subfolder inside the FTP root folder.

    1. Select a character encoding option.

    2. Specify the following information.

      • Port number

      • Account name

      • Password

      • Connection name

    3. Optional: Select Secure connection (FTPS).

    4. Select one of the following options for the destination folder:

      • All folders: Mounts all folders in the remote device.

      • Single folder: Mounts one folder.

    SFTP

    SFTP provides secure file transfer capabilities via SSH.

    Specify the following information.

    • Authentication method

    • Port number

    • Account name

    • Password or SSH private key

    • Destination folder

    • Connection name

    WebDAV

    Accessing files through WebDAV is similar to downloading files from a webpage as they both use the same tunnel. It allows a single folder to be mounted through a local network or over the internet. WebDAV uses the HTTP protocol and the same HTTP port.

    1. Specify the following information.

      • Account name

      • Password

      • Connection name

    2. Select an upload policy:

      • Check for conflicts and rename local files

      • Update files without checking

    3. Optional: Select Enable scheduled updates for file lists and specify an update schedule.

    4. Click Next.

    5. Create a cache space.

      For details, Mounting a Cloud Service Using File Cloud Gateway.

    NFS

    Network File System (NFS) allows you to access files on a remote device as if they were local files.

    1. Select one of the following options for the destination folder:

      • All folders: Mounts all folders in the remote device.

      • Single folder: Mounts one folder.

    2. Specify the connection name.
    Tip:

    You can also configure protocol settings in Control Panel > Privilege > Shared Folders.

  6. Click Create.

    The summary screen appears.

  7. Click Close.
    Note:

    Click Create More to mount additional remote devices.

The mounted device appears on the Remote Devices screen in HybridMount and in File Station as a network drive.

Tip:

To hide a mount, go to Control Panel > Privilege > Shared Folders.