MyBook Live Dashboard not accessible from browser

Hi WD community,

I have issue with access to my really old WD MyBook Live 3TB from any internet browser.

  • I see it mapped in Windows
  • I see it mounted in Ubuntu
  • I can open/change/delete files
  • I can’t access settings dashboard from internet browser

Only thing I can find all over the Internet is that people can’t access device from Windows 10. This is not my case. I have Windows 10 and can access files on the disk without any issues, what I can’t do is access device’s settings page.

I tried both local IP address and http://mybooklive/ or http://mybooklive/UI/. I tried various Internet browsers on Windows, Ubuntu and Android. All of them can’t access settings URL.

Browser error says: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

I can ping the device on its local IP address 10.0.0.2 without any issues. It looks like device itself is denying http traffic.

Anyone came across this issues?
Do you know how to fix this?