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2 Move the FTP switch to the position to enable FTP.
3 Click to the right of “Folder Setup”.
4 Choose a folder to enable remote FTP access on.
5 Click Edit.
6 Under “LAN Protocol Support”, select the “FTP” checkbox; select read-only or read and write for the shared
folder’s attribute and click OK.
Accessing the LinkStation with an FTP Client
To access the LinkStation via FTP, configure your FTP client software with the following settings:
• Hostname: IP address of the LinkStation
• Username: The LinkStation’s username
• Password: The LinkStation’s password
• Port: 21
Accessing the LinkStation with an Anonymous User
To allow anonymous access to your FTP share, disable access restrictions. Configure your FTP client software with
the following settings for anonymous FTP access:
• Hostname: IP address of the LinkStation
• Username: Anonymous
• Password: Any character string
• Port: 21
Notes:
• If the LinkStation joins a domain, domain and anonymous user cannot access it.
• Shared folders connected by FTP are available from the “/mnt” directory. The examples of default locations are:
/mnt/array1/share
/mnt/disk1/share
/mnt/usbdisk1
• Don’t use FTP to share files and folders with multibyte characters in their names with a Mac. Use an AFP or SMB
connection instead.
• If a file was created or copied using AFP, you may not be able to delete it using an FTP connection. If this occurs,
use an SMB or AFP connection instead to delete the file.
• For FTP connections, make sure that the total filename including the directory path is 250 single-byte characters
or less.
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