ReadyNAS OS 6.0

Supported File-Sharing Protocols

The ReadyNAS supports the following file-sharing protocols:

Protocol

Description

Recommendation

 

 

 

SMB

Used mainly by Microsoft Windows

If Windows users access your

(Server Message Block)

computers and sometimes by Mac OS X

storage system, enable this protocol.

 

computers, this protocol is enabled by

 

 

default. It is sometimes referred to as the

 

 

CIFS (Common Internet File Service)

 

 

file-sharing protocol. SMB uses TCP/IP.

 

 

 

 

NFS

Linux and Unix computers use NFS. Mac

If Linux or Unix users access your

(Network File Service)

OS X users can access NFS shared

storage system, enable this protocol.

 

folders through console shell access.

 

 

Your ReadyNAS system supports NFS

 

 

v3 over UDP and TCP and NFS v4 over

 

 

TCP.

 

 

 

 

AFP

Mac OS X computers use AFP. Your

If only Mac OS X users access your

(Apple File Protocol)

ReadyNAS system supports AFP 3.3.

storage system, enable this protocol.

 

 

However, in a mixed Windows and

 

 

Mac environment, NETGEAR

 

 

recommends using SMB only.

 

 

 

FTP

Many public file upload and download

If users access your storage system

(File Transfer Protocol)

sites use FTP. The ReadyNAS supports

using FTP, enable this protocol.

and FTPS (FTP with SSL

anonymous or user access for FTP

 

encryption)

clients. You can elect to set up port

 

 

forwarding to nonstandard ports for

 

 

passive FTP, allowing clients to initiate a

 

 

connection to the ReadyNAS.

 

 

 

 

Rsync

Fast file-transfer protocol that uses a

If users access your storage system

 

delta-transfer algorithm that sends only

from a device that supports Rsync,

 

the differences between the source file

enable this protocol.

 

and the existing file.

 

 

 

 

HTTP

Used on the World Wide Web.

If users access your storage system

(Hypertext Transfer

 

from a device with a web browser,

Protocol and HTTPS

 

including a smartphone or tablet

(HTTP with SSL

 

computer, enable this protocol.

encryption)

 

 

 

 

 

SSH

Lets you remotely manage the

For security reasons, NETGEAR

 

ReadyNAS over an SSH connection.

recommends that you do not enable

 

 

SSH. If you enable SSH root access,

 

 

NETGEAR reserves the right to deny

 

 

you technical support.

 

 

 

By default, SMB and AFP are enabled and FTP, NFS, and SSH are disabled.

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NETGEAR 104, 314, 312 Supported File-Sharing Protocols, ReadyNAS supports the following file-sharing protocols

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