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Chapter 4: additional feature setup, Overview, Ftp server – Thecus Technology N299 User Manual

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Chapter 4: Additional Feature Setup

Overview

With a bevy of additional features and services, the N299 is so much more than a
mere external hard disk. The sections below show you how you can utilize your

N299 to serve files, music, movies, pictures, and more.

FTP Server

N299 can act as a FTP

server, enabling users to
download and upload files
with their favorite FTP

programs. From the
Network menu, choose

the FTP item, and the
FTP screen appears. You

can change any of these
items and press Apply to

confirm your settings. A
description of each item
follows:



FTP

Item Description
FTP

Enable FTP Service on the N299.

FTP ENCODE

If your FTP client or operating system does not support Unicode
(e.g. Windows® 95/98/ME or MAC OS9/8), select the same

encoding as your OS here in order to properly view the files and

directories on the server. Available options are BIG5, HZ,

GB2312, GB18030, ISO, EUC-JP, SHIFT-JIS and UTF-8.

Port

Specifies the port number of an incoming connection on a non-

standard port.

Allow Anonymous FTP

Access

Upload/Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to upload or

download files to/from public folders.
Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from

public folders.

No access: Block anonymous FTP user access.

Network Interface

Select which network interface the FTP server will use. WAN,

LAN or WLAN can be selected.

NOTE

Anonymous users are not able to delete files on the N299.

must login and be granted write access on the Access Contr

To delete files, users

ol List.


To access the share folder on the N299, use the appropriate user login and
password set up on the Users page (Accounts > Users). Access control to each

share folder is set up on the ACL page (Storage > Folder > ACL).

When trying to access N299 anonymously, just enter “anonymous” as the user

name.


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