User's Manual

CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE: DASHBOARD

MY PASSPORT WIRELESS

USER MANUAL

Access

1. In the Access section, view or modify the following security access settings:

Restore Factory Settings

You can perform a full factory restore on the My Passport Wireless drive with no data loss.

SSH Secured Shell protocol. Turn this option On to securely

access your personal cloud and perform command-line

operations. SSH is disabled by default.

WARNING! Please note that modifying or attempting to modify

this device outside the normal operation of the

product voids your WD warranty.

1. To enable SSH, click the toggle button to On.

2. In the SSH screen that displays, note the User Name and

Password, click the I Accept check box, and click OK.

What happens?

Note: The SSH login User Name is sshd.

FTP Access File Transfer Protocol enables the transfer of content to

(and from) your drive’s Public folder through a network. No

user login is needed. The drive supports default

Anonymous login and takes advantage of Wi-Fi security

for protection. The drive is compatible with wireless

cameras that support FTP, such as Nikon WT-2, and

Canon WFT.

FTP is disabled by default.

1. To enable FTP Access, click the toggle button to On.

WARNING! Interrupting the factory restore process may damage the

My Passport Wireless drive. Wait until after the reboot to use the

drive again.