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FTP SERVER

ftp Server

IfyouwanttoaccesslesstoredonyourNASfromaremotelocation,

usingthedevice’sbuilt-inFTPserveristheeasiestwaytodoso.A

typicalsetup:

Work

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Internet

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DSL / Modem

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Router

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NAS

First,astaticIPand/oraDNSnameisrequired.Youcanalsosetupa

DDNSaccountifyouareusingadynamicIP(yourDSLIPchangesall

thetime).Yourroutermusthavethisfeature;otherwise,youmayhave

torunclientsoftwareonaPCthatisrunningonthenetwork.Youmust

setyourroutertoforwardPort21toyourNAS’sxedIPaddress.For

details,refertotheDDNSandportforwarding/virtualserversections

inyourroutermanual.

Next,enabletheFTPserverontheNAS.Youcanchangethedefault

FTPportonthesamecongurationscreen.Thisisusefulformaking

yourFTPserverlessvisibletousersyoudon’twanttograntaccess.

SomenetworksalsoblockthestandardPort21andmayrequireyou

tochangetoadifferentport.NOTE:IfyouchangethedefaultPort21,

youwillneedtoentertheportnumbereverytimeyouaccesstheFTP

server.

Makesuretohaveusersandpasswordsassignedtoallyourshared

folders.Ifyouwanttoallowanyoneaccess,justassignthe“guest”

accounttothatfolder.FTPuserscanthenlogonwithananonymous

accounttothatfolder.NOTE:Userswillbeableseethenamesofall

theothersharedfolders,butwillnotbeabletoaccessthemwithouta

usernameandpassword.Tocompletelydisableanonymousaccess

(musthaveauseraccountontheNAStoseefolders),makesureyou

don’thavethe“guest”accountassignedtoanysharedfolder.

Now,fromtheremotelocation,enterintoabrowser(orFTPapplication)

ftp://<DDNSName>anditwilltakeyoutoyourNASunit.Ifyoucan’t

seeanythingonyourbrowser,makesureyouhavethe“ViewFTP

Folders”optionturnedoninyourbrowsersettings.Youmayalsohave

togototheFile/LoginAsscreen.Useavalidusernameandpassword

fortheNAS.