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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 anonymous |
- | * [Read Write] \\ Anonymous users are given read and write access. | + | |
- | * [Read Only] \\ Anonymous users are given only read access, | + | |
- | * [Write Only] \\ Anonymous users are given 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**: The FTP Server will save all FTP activity (logins/ | + | |
+ | **Log FTP requests and responses: | ||
- | ===== Directories ===== | + | * Logons |
+ | * Logoffs | ||
+ | * Uploads | ||
+ | * Downloads | ||
+ | * and more.\\ | ||
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- | **Anonymous Root Directory**: | + | ===== Directories ===== |
- | **Public Root Directory**: This filesystem location is accessible by any defined FTP user. | + | \\ {{:pasted: |
- | **Private | + | **Anonymous |
- | **Directory | + | **Public Root Directory:** This specifies the filesystem location accessible to any defined FTP user. |
- | This controls users' ability to do directory listings. | + | **Private Root Directory: |
- | | + | **Directory Listings: |
- | * [Disabled] \\ Users are not permitted to do directory | + | |
- | * [Disabled for Anonymous] \\ Anonymous users are not permitted to do directory listings. | + | * Enabled |
+ | * Disabled | ||
+ | * Disabled for Anonymous | ||
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- | **Maximum Users Allowed to Log in**: Here you specify | + | **Maximum Users Allowed to Log in:** This sets the maximum number of logged-in users at once. Users above the limit are rejected. |
- | **Maximum Connections from the same IP: ** FTP allows you to open multiple sessions from the same client IP address. | + | **Maximum Connections from the same IP: ** FTP lets a user log on via multiple sessions from the same address. |
- | **Maximum Bandwidth for Anonymous Users**: Built-in | + | **Maximum Bandwidth for Anonymous Users:** FTP throttling will limit the amount of bandwidth available to what's specified here for each anonymous user. |
- | **Maximum Bandwidth for Authenticated Users**: Built-in | + | **Maximum Bandwidth for Authenticated Users:** FTP throttling will limit each authenticated |
- | **Idle Timeout**: Specifies | + | **Idle Timeout:** This specifies |
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+ | **Limit Connection Attempts: | ||
- | **Limit Connection Attempts** This option works only when FTP is enabled on the WAN. If selected two new fields will appear\\ | ||
===== Custom Configuration ===== | ===== 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:** | ||
- | \\ **User accounts**: | + | |
+ | * Read Only - The FTP user is given only read access. | ||
+ | * View Only - The FTP user is allowed only to view directory contents. | ||
- | **Password**: | + | \\ |
- | **Read/ | + | **Read/ |
- | **Read only**: | + | **Read only**: |
- | **View Only**: can only browse | + | **View Only:** |
- | **Private**: Can only access | + | **Private:** |