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easytherm
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Jun 25, 2016
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using a NAS RN102 both as a DDNS ftp server and a local network drive. Is that possible?

Hello everybody

 

I installed about 2 years ago a RN102 NAS at my home in order to have a couple of my websites (remotely hosted) send a daily backup to my NAS.

I managed to enable ftp access with DDNS, and I get my backup files every evening as expected. So it works fine.

 

My NAS is connected to my fritzbox router and if I remember well, I had to open some ports in the router to let the ftp work through.

The NAS has currently only 1 bay equipped (we be expanded to 2), and is running under OS 6.5.1

 

Now, I would like to use my NAS also as a network drive for my home's PC. I created shares, with user access permissions, I see for example the NAS on my windows explorer, but the transmission speed seems quite low while copying files. 

At home, we have about 5 PC's. I only need local shares

 

Before I search further, I have a question: Is this kind of service (both and simultaneous ftp access and network file server) correct for such a device? (RN102)

 

best regards

 

 

  • Thanks a lot,

     

    I'll definitely will transit over a gigabit ethernet switch.

     

    I'll ask my other questions over another thread




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  • easytherm wrote:

     

     

    Before I search further, I have a question: Is this kind of service (both and simultaneous ftp access and network file server) correct for such a device? (RN102)

     

     


    Yes.  And of course you should be able to schedule the FTP backups during times when local access is light.

     

    What speeds are you seeing?

    • easytherm's avatar
      easytherm
      Aspirant

      Hi StephenB and thank you for your response.

       

      I upgraded my NAS to raid (using now 2 HDD)

       

      when I do a backup from an external USB drive connected to my laptop, using Syncbackpro, the speed seemsto be slightly above 5 Mbps. I'm on wifi.

       

      Does this sound correct?

       

       

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru

        What speed are you seeing with speedtest.net?

         

        Also, do you mean 5 megabits per second or 5 megabytes per second?

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