Setting up FTP server on ReadyNAS OS6
We have set up an ftp server on our PC using FileZilla that successfully receives log files from our sites around the country. The clients at the sites, send the data themselves to our external IP, they are port forwarded to our PC where FileZilla recognises which group/user they are (info also entered in at the client end) and places their logs into their associated folders.
These logs are not very important information so security is not a primary concern for us.
As the data does not need to be accessed often, we would like to alternatively set up our ftp clients to send their logs to the ReadyNAS we recently had set up in our office, and I have attempted to do this, but with limited success. I have followed the logical steps to emulate what we did to set up the FileZilla ftp, but I've yet to get the ReadyNAS working with this.
We have changed the port forwarding on the router from the previously successful forwarding to our PC, to the readyNAS. The ports 20-21 on the router are forwarded to 20-21 on the readyNAS, and ports 11,000-12,000 (ports previously successfully used with FileZilla) are forwarded to 32768 - 33768 (default ports on ReadyNAS ftp options, which will not allow me to change to 11,000-12,000 so that is why the ports 11,000-12,000 are forwarded to 32768-33,768).
I have created users on the system which match those sending out the data at our sites e.g user: "site1", password: "password001", which match up to the clients sending them out and have given these users the access (file and network) priveledges to the equivalent folders in the ReadyNAS, yet despite this I cannot get the ftp data to be received successfully. I have tried both "anonymous" and "user" mode.
Here are screenshots of the settings that I am currently using:
Client Settings:
Port Forwarding:
NAS ftp Settings:
I hope you can help us with our problems and working out why the files are not being transferred.
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@StephenB wrote:
@stuartmp wrote:
@Hopchen wrote:Just as an additional note.
You should select the mount of passive ports, based on how many connections you expect at a given time. One passive port per connection. So if 10 people need to connect at the same time, then use 10 passive ports. If it is only you using it, then one passive port is enough - as sotrack explained.
We will be adding users over time and once we've got one working we will want to add many tens/hundreds more. Will it not function if I have more passive ports than the number of active users?
Yes, and I suggested using about 4 passive ports * the number of expected simultaneous users.
You generally don't want to open more ports in the router that you need.
Hmmm I mean it will not function at all? or it will not be the optimal situation (regarding security/operation)? Will I have to alter the number of passive ports whenever I wish to let a new client access our ftp server?
I have changed the port settings to the ones you have mentioned, here (for 4 clients):
However I am not recieving any files on my readyNAS still.
@sotrack wrote:
Check your NAS FTP configuration without router first. Connect to NAS via FTP inside local net using NAS_Local_IP. Copy any file. If connection is not OK then doesn't make a sense tune router.
We don't see NAS local IP address for ports forwarding on your screenshots. Hope you are OK with your router configuration.
Port Forwarding inside my router works via the Game and Application Sharing section. You then assign a game/application to a device, here you can see I've assigned FTP transfers to my NAS.
I will attempt what you are saying about testing ftp access locally first. additionally if you see anything wrong with my attempts at port forwarding (I'm obviously lacking knowledge in this area), please let me know.
@sotrack wrote:OK. Please double check other Games and Applicftions don't use the same ports range forwading.
No, no other Game or Application use the same port range forwarding. In fact port forwarding is working correctly as I am able to login to my ReadyNAS and see a few of the folders by entering ftp://myexternalIPaddress on my browser (and on windows in-built ftp client).
I can view the folders by entering the usernames and passwords that I've created (information that my client has), but the data is not being recieved by the ReadyNAS. Is there any kind of LOG FILE, such as the kind used in FileZilla, so I can see if my users are attempting to connect to the FTP server or not?
On FileZilla these users were correctly connecting and inputing their data, but now they're not (obviously I have assigned them access to the folders, that's why when I login via my browser using these usernames/passwords I can see specific folders and can read/write to them.
Currently I just want any of the users to just connect and write somewhere on the system, I will move on to assinging specific folders once just one user correctly connects (which they were doing when I was settting this up via FileZilla.
You can see my client configuration once more here (from my original post):
I can guaruntee to you that it has, the CORRECT IP for my server, correct username and correct password. It's data connection is PASV mode, and all these settings were functioning correctly with FileZilla.
