Re: [ALUG] Getting FTP to work through a NAT router - or not
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 02:28:13PM +0100, Dennis Dryden wrote:
Only thing i can think of is that the NAS ftp is broken or not liking your client. I take it you can connect to the NAS in the same way on your local network?
Yes, I can ftp to the NAS without problems from within the LAN. -- Chris Green
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:40 PM, <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 02:28:13PM +0100, Dennis Dryden wrote:
Only thing i can think of is that the NAS ftp is broken or not liking your client. I take it you can connect to the NAS in the same way on your local network?
Yes, I can ftp to the NAS without problems from within the LAN.
Do you really want your NAS exposed to the Internet through the difficult and insecure protocol of FTP? Tim.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:45:04PM +0100, Tim Green wrote:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:40 PM, <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 02:28:13PM +0100, Dennis Dryden wrote:
Only thing i can think of is that the NAS ftp is broken or not liking your client. I take it you can connect to the NAS in the same way on your local network?
Yes, I can ftp to the NAS without problems from within the LAN.
Do you really want your NAS exposed to the Internet through the difficult and insecure protocol of FTP?
I was probably going to limit the IP ranges from which it was accessible, though that does rather stop it working from internet cafes. I'm open to other suggestions for ways to allow, in particular, storing photos from remote clients. -- Chris Green
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