Removing MioNet after using MioNet. Forum » Forum / My Book World Edition (blue rings) » Removing MioNet after using MioNet Started by: oreomankelly Date. Feb 26, 2009 The Western Digital My Book World Edition is a fast, plug and play simple-to-use NAS server that unfortunately lacks many features and has subpar remote. WD offers a Web interface called Mionet (on previous WD products, this software cost money to use, but with purchase of a MyBook World Edition, it is free) for accessing anything on the drive from anywhere else. Targus Universal Laptop Docking Station Drivers. Files can be dragged to a non-local desktop using peer-to-peer technology.
Some have done this successfully. Below is the post from a forum explaining the steps: 1. My Doctor My Lover on this page. ) Don't install the MIONET software.
2.) You need a router with DHCP services enabled for things to work 3.) If you want to access it, just go to your finder, click go and then browse until you pick it up. 4.) You will require a rather expensive router OR a cheap old linksys with the dd-wrt firmware or something similar installed (wifi-box, sveasoft, etc should also work 5.) Get the MAC address of the network interface off of the sticker on the back of the unit and configure your DHCP services to statically assign an IP to the Western Digital Box. 192.168.1.140) now every time your unit is powered up and asks for an ip it will get the same one. 6.) Lookup the ports required for windows/samba networking and have them forwarded to the DHCP statically assigned IP. For the ultra lazy and security lax, just place it in the DMZ. (please note, this is a really bad idea) 7.) setup pptp passthrough and a link. 8.) if your router does not support pptp with radius authentication, then you will either have to configure a linux box to do this for you or find another firmware.
(the earlier linksys firmware for the WRT54G is preferred, but not required).