Configuring FTP Settings

The FTP service helps optimize FTP data transfer. To use the service, you must configure the settings and then connect the device to an FTP client such as FileZilla.

  1. Go to Control Panel > Network & File Services > FTP > FTP Service.
  2. Select Enable FTP Service.
  3. Configure the followings settings.

    Setting

    User Action

    Protocol type
    Select at least one FTP type:

    • FTP (standard)

    • FTP with SSL/TLS (explicit)

    Port number

    Specify a port number between 1 and 65535

    Unicode support

    Specify whether you want to enable Unicode support for filenames

    Enable anonymous

    Select Yes to allow anonymous users to access files via FTP.

    Connection

    Maximum number of all FTP connections

    Specify a value between 2 and 1024

    Maximum number of connections for a single account

    Specify a value between 2 and 1024

    Enable FTP transfer limitation

    Enable this option to specify the maximum upload and download rate

    Maximum upload rate (KB/s)

    Select this option to specify the maximum upload rate of files over FTP. You must specify a value of at least 1.

    Maximum download rate (KB/s)

    Select this option to specify the maximum download rate of files over FTP. You must specify a value of at least 1.

    Note:

    The maximum number of allowed connections for a single account must be lower than the maximum number of total allowed FTP connections.
  4. Click Apply.
Parent topic: Configuring File Sharing Protocol Settings