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[zeewee]

I got the DNS-321 iTunes server to stream music over a 3G connection to my iPhone.

This is good for anyone who wants to access their media outside of their local home network. For instance if you want to enjoy your music at work but don't want to sync your entire music library to your phone.

I say 3G, but the concept is the same for an Internet connection that is outside of your home network.

1. Set static ip for your NAS. Enable iTunes server on your NAS. Point it to the directory where your media is stored. I made q folder called iTunes_media.
2. Get a DNS hostname.
3. If your router has an auto updated for your DNS hostname. Add your DNS hostname and login info to your router in the ddns section of your router configuration page.
4. Forward port 3689 to the static ip of your NAS.
5. Reset your NAS (you can do it from the configuration user interface)
6. Download a daap (digital audio access protocol I think) client. For the iPhone, search simple daap client in the app store.
7. Launch daap client.
8. For your local network, enter the static ip of your nas into the daap client. Use port 3689.
9. For access outside your network, enter the dns name. Use port 3689.

Enjoy!

I have only tested this for m4a and mp3's. Haven't tried pics or vids. Remember, iTunes server will only "serve" a client file types that it supports.

I have tested this simultaneous access from several users and it works. As long as you don't exceed the upload bandwidth of your Internet gateway, I'm thinking that will be the chokepoint.  

[D-Link Multimedia]

I don't understand step 5. Why would you reset your NAS after configuring a static ip?

[zeewee]

The NAS didn't scan my drive to find the media. I reset the dns and after that it worked.

[Andrew456]

Does anyone know how can I stream videos on the DNS-321 remotely over 3G using an iPhone.?

I've been trying to access the device remotely for a very long time and can't connect at all. I need to be able to stream videos from my NAS remotely outside my home network. So I enabled the UPnP server and have been trying to connect using an app called NetPortal which requires port 445 to be forwarded, which I did. But still can't get it to work.
Please help!

[basco05]

i have a dns-320, tried the above suggested process and get a connection error when trying this.

"Cannot Connect
host(my hostname) with port 3689"

does the process described above work for the dns-320?

thanks.

[stevecmtl]

First off, thank you for the clear explanation. I got this setup in minutes... this is something that i've wanted to do for quite some time and never knew how to.

Question though, what DAAP client are you using? I use SimpleDaap and i'm not overly impressed with the features. For instance, i can only sort by artist by selecting 'ALL' in the genre category. Is there any easier way to sort songs/albums?

[LuzCapas]

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