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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...
Wow, I'm a little embarrassed. After 20+ years in the IT field I wasn't aware of this.
I've been using off the shelf Asus routers at home but recently replaced it with a pfsense router. I will look into this.
I've been using off the shelf Asus routers at home but recently replaced it with a pfsense router. I will look into this.
Consumer routers typically have FTP ALGs on board - that's why you never had to take care of the FTP passive data ports.
For pfsense, start here -> https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/nat/ftp-without-a-proxy.html - keep in mind that the warning in this tech note is not fully correct, FTPES is perfectly fine.
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