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GrindedDown

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jun 4, 2009
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Las Vegas
Howdy!

I am using an Airport Extreme AC with a connected HDD. I am using FileBrowser to connect to the HDD. I am able to connect on my local network, but am unable to connect remotely.

My ISP blocks port 445 and a few others. Port 548 isn't blocked. I have tried that and I have tried port forwarding as well to no avail. I have not tried using DNS domains or anything. No matter what I do I get a "socket timeout" error when trying to connect.

If you have had this same issue, or even if you haven't, but you've managed to get apps like FileBrowser or FileExplorer working, how did you do it and what settings did you use?

Cheers!
 
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