[AndyCalling]

The following quote is my reply to the PM sent to me by the OP. I quote it in case it will help others. My Iomega NAS works fine with an R30 firmware Shub for both the cloud (a VPN connection) and standard remote access.

Hiya. I can't remember the post you must be referring to, but I assume you are talking about the Iomega Home Media Network cloud edition drive. For reference, I have the 1TB version.

It works great on the VM Shub with R30 firmware. All you need to do is turn on UPnP in the Shub settings and you can forget about port forwarding. I have it on a reserved IP (not a fixed IP, though that should be fine as well) but such may not be necessary. I just routinely do that for kit that remains on site.

I suggest you turn off the Shub 'firewall features', 'port scan detection' and 'ip flood detection' on the 'services' page in the Shub settings as such are no longer useful. That issue has been discussed at length on the forums, research if you like or trust me. All you need is a software firewall on each computer and NAT on your router. Disabling these features will prevent problems and will not make your systems vulnerable in any way. I have also enabled 'respond to ping on wan port' on the Shub 'dmz host' settings page. Not really a security risk these days and it may be a factor, but may not be necessary. I would do these things anyway though, as they help to dodge issues in general.

You will not be able to 'loop back' and access your own cloud over your home internet connection, just via the lan. This is fine and because VM block such, as do most ISPs.

You need a different email address and login for each PC you enable on the cloud.

You need not run the Iomega storage manager each time you boot. Just run it, enable the cloud on that PC and exit. Allocate network shares in windows itself via the normal method rather than by using this software.

The cloud is slower than normal lan access as it uses a VPN driver which you enable/disable using the Iomega storage manager software. If you want to use it at full speed when at home over your lan, run up the software and switch off the cloud VPN on the portable PC. You can turn it back on again when you leave the house.

Be aware of the media server bug on the NAS that means you need to turn off the media server before copying media to shares that are set to enable media sharing (by default the Pictures, Movies and Music shares). This bug is being worked on by iomega.

As for the kit you will access the net on when away from home to access your NAS...

Some poor routers you might encounter on the road may not work well with external access at all (a mate's very old BT router is like this) but not many. If the cloud VPN fails on these routers try standard remote access. Some routers may have their firewall turned on, which may block cloud VPN access at random intervals if they get tripped. Again, switch to web based remote access to avoid this.

Many 3G mobile providers will block the cloud VPN, and even HTTPS file transfers and FTP. Such is life. Find wifi access if this is an issue for you.

You need to enable internet security on the NAS and give access rights to each user if you are going to use the remote access web interface. Otherwise the whole world can access your shares, as you have found out. Once secured, log in using the little key icon on the web interface screen, in the top right hand corner. Easy.

Have fun...