On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:07:15 +0100 Chris G cl@isbd.net allegedly wrote:
However I can't get FTP into my NAS to work at all, all I get is a stony silence. I appreciate that there are several oddities about getting FTP to work and it *may* be that it just isn't possible with this router but it would be nice if I could get it to work.
What I have done so far is:-
Ports 20 and 21 are forwarded from "any outside IP" to the NAS which has the FTP server on it. The firewall allows ports 20 and 21 through. I have disabled the FTP access to the router completely (i.e. as I understand it I have turned the router's FTP server off, it's for Firmware updates etc.)
Chris
FTP is not a good protocol to use. You have to open up way too many ports for it to work reliably and port forwarding becomes a nightmare. Why not just use sftp and forward only port 22? Much more secure too.
Mick
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