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FTP server using passive ports
Hello everybody. This is more of a network-question than a readynas one. I've just recently bought an Ultra 4 in an addition to my Duo. I've had, and still have the FTP service running at the Du...
StephenB wrote: I use filezilla, and don't configure the masquerade. Filezilla will detect the private address and substitute the address used on the IP layer. If I set the masquerade, then I can't connect inside my LAN (since FileZilla won't substitute a private address for a public one)
I use Filezilla and I have set up masquerade on the server side and I can access from inside of my LAN and from outside of my LAN with no problem. The thing is to access from inside of my LAN I've setup Filezilla to use active mode. Since server and client is within the same LAN this is no problem to use active. In active mode masquerade setting is not being taken into account. From outside of my LAN passive mode FTP is in use. At the same time if I wanted to give access to my server to somebody from outside I don't have to worry which kind of FTP client he has got - masquerade is doing it's job even for web browsers. Or if I wanted to access my server myself from outside, but from a computer which is not mine and doesn't necessarily have Filezilla installed.
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