Fairly simple to do this actually.
You will need to setup what is called port forwarding.
On the WNDR3700 navigate down to Advanced -> Port Forwarding/Triggering.
Click Add custom service and fill out the following;
Service Name: (My NAS)
Protocol: TCP/UDP is fine.
Starting Port: 8080 ? Whatever port you access it locally on.
Ending Port: 8080 ? Again same port you access it internally on.
Server IP Address: The ip address of your nas box on your lan.
My internal nas is something like
https://192.168.0.25:8080 This pulls up my QNAP's filemanager interface inside my network. Externally I would map it with the instructions above and the new link from the internet would be roughly the same but with your actual internet/external ip.
To locate your IP you can google what is my ip and click any of the links that come up. They'll give you your external ip.
PS. You may also want to consider a PogoPlug. (
www.pogoplug.com) I've been using this since they launched in 2009 and have been extermely happy. This product creates a nas with a USB drive of your choice and requires no router configuration changes. Simple plug it into your router and follow the 5 minute instructions they give you. (click click save) basically.
However this will not provide the drive redundancy/failover that you would recieved with a regular nas. But for accessing your files securely and safely externally..this the easiest solution.
hope this helps.
