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Difference between CIFS and FTP access
Like many others on here I am unable to login to my NAS using CIFS or FTP despite various suggestions on the forum. I have a support ticket open but am not that hopeful. My question is what exactly i...
From my understanding CIFS is a windows (and certain Mac's I think) over a local networt, whereas FTP is a protocol for remote (Internet) access.
For more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ftp
For more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ftp
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