Assign
the NAS a fixed IP
and setup the DDNS
It is recommended to
assign a fixed IP to
Turbo NAS. (Since
you may need to open
the ports of
services on your NAT
router and forward
them to the LAN IP
address of Turbo NAS
and you do not want
it to be changed.)
Go to 'System
Administration'
> 'Network'
> 'TCP/IP'
and click on to
bring up the TCP/IP
property window.
Assign a static IP
address for your
NAS, besides, be
sure to set the DNS
server address as
well or your will
not be able to
connect to the
trackers.
Most ISP will
provide one or more
dynamic public IP
for Internet
connection. (This
applies to the
situation that the
IP sharing router
acquires WAN IP from
ISP by PPPoE or DHCP
connection.) To set
up a server, a fixed
IP address or URL is
necessary so that
users can easily
recall the server
address to connect
to. When a dynamic
IP address is used,
you can get a router
that supports DDNS
or simply use the
built-in DDNS
function on QNAP
NAS, and through
registering an
easy-to-remember
domain name from any
DDNS provider to
easily identify
Turbo NAS on the
Internet, e.g.
myqnap.dyndns.com.
Setup
port forwarding
on your router
If your Turbo
NAS is located
behind the NAT
router, you need
to open the
ports of the
services on the
NAT router and
forward these
ports to the
fixed LAN IP of
Turbo NAS. This
function is
available on
most routers
found in the
market and is
often known as "Port
Forwarding",
"NAT
Server"
or "Virtual
Server".
Take FTP server
as an example,
you have to
forward port 21
to the LAN IP of
Turbo NAS, e.g.
forward TCP port
21 to
192.168.1.34.
When the NAT
router receives
packets from the
WAN side to the
external port
21, the router
will forward
these packets to
the LAN IP of
Turbo NAS.
Moreover, to
connect to the
Turbo NAS at
home from WAN,
you can simply
forward traffic
coming from port
8080 (the
default
management port)
to the LAN IP of
Turbo NAS.
Some NAT routers
provide DMZ
settings. You
can forward LAN
IP address
specified by DMZ
to Turbo NAS.
When this
setting is used,
all ports from
WAN to LAN will
be forwarded to
Turbo NAS.
After completing these two settings, you can connect to the FTP server at home from the Internet via ftp://myqnap.dyndns.com to upload and download files.
Step-by-step configuration guide of FTP server
Go to 'Network Services' > 'FTP Service' and enable the FTP server.You may change the FTP port, set the maximum number of connections, configure Unicode support or whether to allow anonymous logins. After configuration, click 'Apply' for the settings to take effect.
Configure user and folder access right
The FTP access right on Turbo NAS is consistent to the folder access right of network share folders configured through 'Access Right Management'. Therefore, after you configure the user/group account and folder access rights, you can use the same user account and password to connect to the FTP server of Turbo NAS.
Go to 'Access Rights Management' > 'User' or 'Access Rights Management' > 'User Groups' if you need to create or delete user/group accounts and change the login password.
Go to 'Access Rights Management' > 'Share Folders' to manage your share folders and define the folder access rights (available modes includes full access, read only and deny access).
In the following example, we added an account guest123. Then we created a folder mp3music in 'Access Rights Management' and configured the access right to allow guest123 to access the folder mp3music. After successful configuration, users can login with the account of guest123 and the password to connect to the FTP server and read/write the files under mp3music folder.
Let's quickly test the FTP server we've just enabled by entering ftp://username:password@Turbo-NAS-IP_address/ directly in the Windows Explorer, e.g. ftp://admin:admin@192.168.1.34 to connect to the FTP server. Upon successful log on you should see a list of shared folders the logged-in user is allowed to see and read/write to the files stored under them.
When you are connecting to the FTP server behind the NAT/firewall router from the Internet, you have to enter your WAN IP address or DDNS name as the IP address, e.g. ftp://admin:admin@myqnap.dyndns.com.
You can also use some popular FTP client software, e.g. CuteFTP or FileZilla.
FTP server is one of the convenient functions of QNAP Turbo NAS. FTP server can be set up by Turbo NAS. The web-based configuration is simple and fast to complete. Establishing an FTP server can now be done by anyone. It is no longer a complicated task that can only be completed by IT professionals. Moreover, Turbo NAS's energy-saving, fanless, and aluminum alloy case design enable absolutely silent and stable performance. It is an ideal choice for small office.
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