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Is there an actual FTP server built in?
Strangely, I can access FTP://NAS IP internally. Port forwarding port 21 I'm not able to do so externally. I look high and on the interface and saw nothing about FTP server. I ran into another p...
dannieboiz wrote:
I'm already using filezilla server but figured why couldn't I just use the NAS as an ftp server. Seems more effort than it's worth.
It's pretty much the same as accessing a filezilla FTP over the internet. FTP passive is the mode you'd need for that too, so you'd need to forward the passive ports in your router. DDNS is needed so you can access by name instead of by your router's IP address.
I'm a little confused.. with filezilla forward port 21 to my server and be done.. why do we need to forward the range as u said above?
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