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====== FTP Server ====== | ====== FTP Server ====== | ||
- | The built-in FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Server is an alternative way to transfer files in/out of your router and its attached storage. | + | The built-in FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Server is an alternative way to transfer files to/from your router and its attached storage. |
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+ | Before using FTP, you may want to consider the pros and cons of using it versus the NFS Server (in a *nix environment) or File Sharing via Samba. There are significant differences between them. | ||
===== FTP Server Configuration ===== | ===== FTP Server Configuration ===== | ||
- | **Enable FTP Server**: | + | {{:pasted: |
- | | + | **Enable |
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- | \\ **TLS support**: Checking this option enables support | + | |
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+ | * Yes, LAN only - The FTP Server is enabled for LAN users only. | ||
- | **FTP Port**: Here, you specify the port to be used for communications. | + | \\ **TLS support:** |
- | **Anonymous User Access**: | + | **FTP Port:** Here, specify the port to be used for communications. (Default: TCP 21) |
- | This dropdown allows you to choose whether anonymous users are allowed access to the FTP Server and which file rights they are given. | + | **Anonymous User Access:** |
- | * Disabled | + | This lets you choose whether |
- | * Read Write \\ (anonymous users are given read and write access) | + | |
- | * Read Only \\ (anonymous users are given read access only) | + | |
- | * Write Only \\ (anonymous users are allowed write access only) | + | |
- | **Allow Admin Login**: Enables your local system administrator account as a user for the FTP service | + | |
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- | **Log FTP requests and responses**: It will record | + | \\ **Allow Admin Login:** Enables your local system administrator account as a user for the FTP service. |
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+ | **Log FTP requests and responses:** The FTP Server | ||
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+ | * Logons | ||
+ | * Logoffs | ||
+ | * Uploads | ||
+ | * Downloads | ||
+ | * and more.\\ \\ | ||
===== Directories ===== | ===== Directories ===== | ||
- | \\ {{: | + | \\ {{: |
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+ | **Anonymous Root Directory:** This specifies | ||
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+ | **Public Root Directory:** This specifies the filesystem location accessible | ||
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+ | **Private Root Directory:** This filesystem location is accessible only by the owner. | ||
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+ | **Directory Listings: | ||
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+ | * Enabled | ||
+ | * Disabled | ||
+ | * Disabled for Anonymous - Anonymous users aren't permitted | ||
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+ | ===== Limits ===== | ||
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+ | \\ {{: | ||
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+ | **Maximum Users Allowed to Log in:** This sets the maximum number of logged-in | ||
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+ | **Maximum Connections from the same IP: ** FTP lets a user log on via multiple sessions from the same address. Here, specify how many simultaneous connections will be allowed for the same user. | ||
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+ | **Maximum Bandwidth for Anonymous Users: | ||
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+ | **Maximum Bandwidth for Authenticated Users: | ||
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+ | **Idle Timeout: | ||
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+ | \\ {{: | ||
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+ | \\ | ||
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+ | **Limit Connection Attempts: | ||
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+ | ===== Custom Configuration ===== | ||
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+ | **Custom configuration**: | ||
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+ | ===== User accounts ===== | ||
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+ | This is the area where you define FTP user accounts. User accounts defined here will be given only FTP service rights. No operating system accounts are created. | ||
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+ | **Username: | ||
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+ | **Password: | ||
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+ | **Access: | ||
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+ | * Read/Write - The FTP user is given read and write access. | ||
+ | * Read Only - The FTP user is given only read access. | ||
+ | * View Only - The FTP user is allowed only to view directory contents. | ||
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+ | \\ | ||
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+ | **Read/ | ||
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+ | **Read only**: | ||
- | Limits -\\ {{: | + | **View Only: |
- | Custom configuration - User Accounts\\ | + | **Private:** |