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Trouble setting up FTP on ReadyNAS 102 with Linksys router EA6900
Hello, I am having trouble setting up my ReadyNAS for FTP. I have a Linksys router (EA6900) I am using for WIFI. I have the FTP enabled on the ReadyNAS and can see and use the FTP settings around my ...
Hello StephenB,
Thanks for the reply!
I'm not trying to stream movies or tv, just books and comics from my NAS. I might look into plex if I ever decide to stream movies or tv, thanks for that suggestion.
I started to do the setup as you described. The "sticky" IP address is called a "DHCP Reservation" on the Linksys system, or at least that was the closest thing I could find to your description.
My hold up is the DDNS. The Linksys only offers 2 website options for this, and they are Dyn.com and TZO.com. The Dyn site is pay and the TZO doesn't seem to exist anymore.
I think it may be in my best interest to get a Netgear router to replace the Linksys I currently have. The cost of the Dyn site is $55/year. In two years I would have paid for a decent router that could use the free NoIP site.
I'm going to leave this question open until after I get a new router and set it up. This way I can come back and ask questions if I get stuck.
Thanks for your help.
Stultis wrote:
I think it may be in my best interest to get a Netgear router to replace the Linksys I currently have. The cost of the Dyn site is $55/year. In two years I would have paid for a decent router that could use the free NoIP site.
Netgear also will give you a free XXXX.mynetgear.com DDNS name. I believe that's actually provided through noip.com. If you go that route, I suggest getting a Nighthawk (or Orbi) with OpenVPN. That avoids the need for port forwarding.
Another approach you could use is Resilio Sync. There's a selective sync feature there that will download specific files. It uses peer to peer technology, and doesn't need DDNS or any ports being forwarded.
ReadyCloud should also work for this (though it's not a service I use myself).
Hello,
Thanks for the suggestions. I went with the AC1750. I don't have a big place and it was in my price range.
I have not been able to try setting up the ftp protocals yet. I am having trouble with my ReadyNAS backing up. It keeps encountering a failure that freezes the system up. I am wondering if it is the way I found the system after I installed the new router and cable modem. I found the system by copying the ip address from the router's webpage and pasteing it into the search bar. Do I need to go back and try to discover it from by another method? When I installed the new modem and router I received a new ip address for my computer and readynas. I updated this ip address in all of my backups. While doing this I noticed that the browse option for my computer files would not work. Testing the connection said everything was fine, so I continued on. The ReadyNAS did perform most of the backup jobs. It just keeps hanging up on this one backup job and tells me "failure." The system then freezes up and will not respond.
I should mention that the ReadyNAS is connected to the router by an ethernet cable in a different room than my computer. I have my computer using wifi. They are both on the same network, just not physically connected. I do not use the readycloud app on the computer to backup my system. I connect across the internet from the admin page.
I'm wondering if I should have used the RAIDar program to discover my ReadyNAS system after installing the new modem and router. Should I go back and try finding it using the RAIDar program?
Stultis wrote:
I am having trouble with my ReadyNAS backing up. It keeps encountering a failure that freezes the system up.
Are you trying to back up a device to the ReadyNAS, or are you trying to back up the ReadyNAS to another device?
How exactly are you doing this?
What firmware are you running on the ReadyNAS?
I am trying to back up a share folder on my computer to the ReadyNAS from the admin page’s backup section. This is how I have always backed up the system since I got it back in 2014. The computer uses the wifi to connect to the ReadyNAS system. The ReadyNAS system is connected to the wifi router using an ethernet cable. They are in different rooms of the house. I have my PS3, ReadyNAS, and home entertainment system hooked into the router using ethernet cables. My smart tv, computer, ipad, and iphone use the wifi around the house. I shut the ReadyNAS down using the shutdown feature on the admin page this morning, I’ll turn it back on when I get home tonight. I’ll then try backing up the share folder again tomorrow morning.
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