<s>
WD	B-Device
Anywhere	I-Device
Access	I-Device
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
WD	B-Device
Anywhere	I-Device
Access	I-Device
Powered	I-Device
by	I-Device
MioNet	I-Device
and	O
MioNet	B-Device
)	O
was	O
a	O
remote-access	O
product	O
offered	O
by	O
Western	O
Digital	O
from	O
2007	O
to	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MioNet	B-Device
was	O
originally	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
Palo	O
Alto	O
–	O
based	O
Senvid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
program	O
was	O
preinstalled	O
on	O
Western	O
Digital	O
NAS	B-Application
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
My	O
Book	O
World	O
Edition	O
,	O
with	O
three	O
interface	O
methods	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
:	O
specifically	O
,	O
Start	O
,	O
Stop	O
,	O
and	O
Reset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
starting	O
,	O
the	O
service	O
established	O
a	O
connection	O
across	O
the	O
Internet	O
with	O
MioNet	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
program	O
was	O
distributed	O
in	O
two	O
formats	O
:	O
as	O
a	O
Java	B-Application
applet	I-Application
and	O
an	O
installable	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
client	O
formats	O
could	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
across	O
either	O
a	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
or	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
after	O
first	O
connecting	O
to	O
MioNet	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
installable	O
client	O
program	O
was	O
initially	O
required	O
to	O
register	O
and	O
associate	O
the	O
NAS	B-Application
with	O
a	O
MioNet	B-Device
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MioNet	B-Device
then	O
facilitated	O
all	O
connections	O
to	O
the	O
NAS	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
connected	O
,	O
the	O
client	O
could	O
upload	O
or	O
download	O
files	O
to	O
the	O
NAS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WD	B-Device
Anywhere	I-Device
Access	I-Device
also	O
offered	O
premium	O
subscription	O
services	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
remote	O
desktop	O
similar	O
to	O
VNC	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
a	O
remote	O
PC	O
drive	O
similar	O
to	O
FTP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
complaints	O
posted	O
on	O
many	O
Internet	O
discussion	O
boards	O
,	O
the	O
MioNet	B-Device
product	O
had	O
a	O
reputation	O
for	O
intermittently	O
dropping	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
network	O
drive	O
through	O
the	O
MioNet	B-Device
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
or	O
need	O
access	O
to	O
their	O
files	O
from	O
remote	O
locations	O
carefully	O
removed	O
MioNet	B-Device
from	O
their	O
My	O
Book	O
World	O
II	O
storage	O
network	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
26	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
Western	O
Digital	O
notified	O
its	O
MioNet	B-Device
customers	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
would	O
be	O
terminated	O
on	O
31	O
March	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
