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1. The most obvious reason for this error message is that the device is powered off. Please turn on the power, wait for about 1 minute for the system to start up and then try again.
2. If the device is up and running but you still get this error, there is a problem with the network connection somewhere in between your device and our server. See the following tips on how to troubleshoot the network connection.
3. On your network router (this is the device that connects your home to the internet), check that following ports are not blocked.
   • TCP port 9000 is required for the default connection to our server.
   • TCP port 10080 (or 10081-10100 if 10080 is used) is required if your router supports the UPnP function.
   • TCP port 1194 is only required if you have already enabled both port 9000 and 10080 but it still does not work.
4. If you are unsure how to setup your network router or the above tips have not helped so far and your router has a so called “DMZ zone”, add the IP address of your network drive to the DMZ zone. You can also use this method to temporarily test if the router setup is indeed a problem.
5. If none of the above helps, connect a computer to the same local area network (LAN) that the network drive is connected to. Open the web browser and access the internet (e.g. http://www.google.com). This is to test that your home has internet access.
6. For further network tests, use the finder utility for Windows or the finder utility for Mac to locate your device on the local network. Login using its IP address rather than our web portal.
   • Go to Preferences and select Network.
   • Open the Test tab.
   • Enter myakitio.com into the first field after “Ping” and click Check.
   • Copy and paste the results into a text file.
   • Enter myakitio.com into the second field after “Traceroute” and click Check.
   • Copy and paste the results into a text file.
   • Open the drop-down menu in the top left corner under the A logo and select Server Info.
   • Copy and paste the whole text into a text file.
     
7. Depending on the results from the tests above, you might be able to narrow down and solve the problem yourself. If you see that there is no internet connection at all, it is a local issue at your home. If you see that there is an internet connection but it is extremely slow, it might be an issue at your ISP (internet service provider) or somewhere on the way to our server.
8. If you are unsure or not able to solve the problem, please contact tech support. Make sure to include the text files you have saved earlier and explain what the problem is as well as what you have done already to solve it.

1. The reason for this error is usually temporary. At first, we recommend to wait for a minute and then try again.
2. If the above tip does not solve the problem, please reboot the network drive.
3. If none of the above helps or the reboot solves the problem only for a short while and it happens again very often, please contact tech support.
4. To better help us troubleshoot the device, use the finder utility for Windows or the finder utility for Mac to locate your device on the local network. Login using its IP address rather than our web portal (assuming that you are still able to login at this point).
   • Go to Preferences and select Network.
   • Open the Test tab.
   • Enter myakitio.com into the first field after “Ping” and click Check.
   • Copy and paste the results into a text file.
   • Enter myakitio.com into the second field after “Traceroute” and click Check.
   • Copy and paste the results into a text file.
   • Open the drop-down menu in the top left corner under the A logo and select Server Info.
   • Copy and paste the whole text into a text file.
   • Include these files in your report to our tech support.
     

This error indicates that the network connection between the web portal at http://myakitio.com and the network drive is too slow or too busy, so it timed out. The best solution is to make sure that UPnP port mapping is enabled and working correctly, so that a direct connection to the network drive can be established without having to go through the web portal.

1. Try to login again. This error is temporary and you are most likely able to login if you try it a couple of times.
2. Go to Preferences > Portal Server and click Apply. Make sure that the system has obtained an IP for the “Mapping Address”.
   
3. Login again from outside your home and check the URL. If it starts with something like this http://0001d21234da.us1.myakitio.com, containing the MAC address or device name of your network drive, the connection still goes through the web portal and the automatic port mapping function does not work correctly. If that is the case, continue with the next step, otherwise, if the URL now contains your external WAN IP, the error should not occur again.
   
4. If the automatic port mapping function failed, setup port forwarding manually to allow incoming traffic to your network drive. For more details, please refer to Preferences > Portal Server > Network Setup > Alternative Setup.
5. After setting up port forwarding, repeat the test as seen above in step 3 and login from the outside. If that still fails, add the IP address of your network drive to the DMZ zone in your network router.

In general, we recommend to install at least one internal (SATA) hard drive but the system can also run with just an external USB drive. The disadvantage is that you need two power supplies (one for the MyCloud and one of the USB drive) and the setup of the drive (creating a partition and formatting the drive) has to be done manually, using the “Expert” menu of the MyCloud disk utility.

1. Open the web browser and login to your network drive.
2. A window opens automatically with a message saying that the system is running without a HOME partition. Select Management to open the disk manager.
3. Select the Expert mode and click OK.

1. In the panel on the left, select Free Space.
2. For the “Partition Type”, select Primary.
3. For the “Size”, enter 256.
4. Click Create.

1. In the panel on the left, select Free Space.
2. For the “Partition Type”, select Primary.
3. For the size, use the default value (the remaining space).
4. Click Create.

1. In the panel on the left, select the smaller partition /dev/sda1.
2. For the “Label”, enter swap.
3. For the “File System”, select SWAP.
4. Click Format.
5. Wait until the partition is completely formatted and then close the progress window and return to the disk manager.

1. In the panel on the left, select the larger partition /dev/sda2.
2. For the “Label”, enter home.
3. For the “File System”, select XFS.
4. Click Format.
5. Wait until the partition is completely formatted and then close the progress window and return to the disk manager.

1. In the panel on the left, select the swap partition.
2. Click Mount.

1. In the panel on the left, select the home partition.
2. Check the Mount as HOME option.
3. Click Mount.

1. Connect the USB drive to the USB port on your network drive and turn on the power.
2. Open the web browser and login as administrator (admin).
3. You can now access the data on the USB drive under DEVICES.
   

Following file systems are supported by the network drive.

• FAT32
• NTFS (make sure to follow the safe removal procedure when ejecting the drive from the computer)
• HFS (read only)
• EXT2, EXT3, EXT4
• XFS

Under some circumstances (e.g. after a reset, after receiving a replacement product), you might have an existing HOME and SWAP partition that contains all your data but you are not able to access it, because the partitions are no longer mounted. If that happens, a pop-up window will appear upon login and inform you that the system is currently running without a HOME partition. All you need to do is simply mount the existing partitions again.

1. Click Management to open the disk manager. Alternatively, go to Applications > Disk Manager > Expert.
   
2. Select the existing HOME partition, enable the Mount as HOME option and click Mount.
   
3. Select the existing SWAP partition and click Mount.