(I have it attached to a flat gigabit network with a static IP

If that bothers you... if it is too slow... you may wish to talk with your Internet Service Provider to see if there are upload speed options (a higher price).Just as an FYI... when this product uses the normal setup, the My Cloud "phones home" to Western Digital to let the system know where it is and what the dynamic IP address is, so that the laptop that you take on your trip or your smartphone you are using to take pix of your aunt's birthday party, know where to sync it's data and photos... that is ALL it is doing

I assigned a static IP and turned off sleep mode to avoid issues with the drive dropping off the network, and access has been flawless thus far.

Some others talked about dynamic IP vs static IP changes too for improved connectivity, but I left it in the default setting

I'm a person that is technically inclined, did everything i could (static ip, turned off sleep mode, was on the phone with WD 4 times adding to around 6 hours of support) and STILL could not get the NAS operating as it should.

Did very detailed swim through all forums, did static IP assignments and every other tweak suggested but all in all, its still a pain to use this drive and make it accessible!

In addition, I assigned a static IP address and performed a system only restore

(I have included a few pictures of the dashboard for your viewing pleasure.)I have mine set to a static IP, power saving off, Auto Updating and so on.

When I first got this thing I assigned it a static IP address through my router using a MAC address reservation, if you know how to do this (and your router can do it

I have taken the advice of other posters and turned off auto sleep function and have also given the drive a static IP address

I chose the native static IP to overcome DHCP disconnects that were constant.

I changed from DHCP to a static IP but still had random unexplained disconnects

The response is always - set non static ip

Static IP addresses should all be be either above or below those reserved for DHCP to avoid conflicts

The device is cumbersome to switch between multiple static IP addresses

I simply need to give this device a static IP, setup a secure CIFS share, and drop snapshot files from a server onto this device during a migration

I found the product very easy to set, I changed so it would use a static IP.

Still, the backup sporadically tells me that it couldn't find the drive (already set the drive to static IP address), although I could access it just fine from Finder

(Which you have to go into your router to find what IP it's been assigned unless you set it up for a static IP, not a bad idea, but that has it's own issues.

You are probably better off to set it up with a static IP address if you plan on just leaving it in one place

Oh, and I should mention: I am using a static IP and have energy saving turned off

If you have static IP addresses, it will take some effort.

I setup static IP for more stability and mapped the network drive on both my macbook and

Some others talked about dynamic IP vs static IP changes too for improved connectivity, but I left it in the default setting

It is on a static IP in my house so it should be seen with no problem

I have set it to use a static IP address with no benefit

I did set the drive up to use a static IP from the router and set up a regular sleep cycle

I went ahead and configured a static IP for

You have to switch from static back to DHCP, reboot it, find your new DHCP assigned address (make sure you know how to do this in advance with your router, or other DHCP server), then go back to the configuration page and set it back to static, and enter you new static IP address and reboot once again

For example, if your DHCP range is xxx.xxx.1.10 - 100 set your static IP addresses in the xxx.xxx.1.200 - 250 range ( 205, 210, 215, etc.

If you have problems with wake on lan, just set it to a static IP, the issue is likely DHCP related.

, it dropped the IP on me, losing connection.

provided dynamic IP address changing and then not being able to access the drive until they power cycle the drive to reestablish a connection with the the MyCloud web

I have changed the settings that are always suggested (sleep, static ip, etc).

I read another review with comments about setting up a static IP and not having any issues after

/sec for a recent SATA 7200 rpm HD.Networking considerations: I would recommend setting all wired devices including the NAS to use static IP addresses, makes it much easier to diagnose network issues

By assigning the IP address as a favorite, I was able to connect

Assign a static IP address -- under Cloud admin tool

It worked as promised, as I first thought.