Chapter 9 Applications

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 35 Applications > FTP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

FTP

 

 

 

Enable FTP

You can use FTP to send files to the NSA or get files from the NSA. Select this check box

 

to allow users to connect to the NSA via FTP; otherwise clear the check box.

 

 

Connection Limit

Enter the maximum number of concurrent FTP connections allowed on the NSA in this

 

field. See your screen for your model’s connection limit.

 

 

Idle Timeout

Enter the length of time that an FTP connection can be idle before timing out. The

 

timeout limit is 300 minutes.

 

 

Port Number

This is the port number used by the NSA for FTP traffic.

 

 

Enable Anonymous

Select this check box to allow any user to log into the NSA using ‘FTP’ or ‘anonymous’

FTP Access

as a username and no password. Any other name is considered a username, so must be

 

valid and have a corresponding correct password.

 

 

Customize the port

Select this check box to assign a port range for FTP clients to use when downloading

range for data

files from the NSA using passive mode.

transfer

The connection limit is restricted to half of the port numbers within the range if this

 

 

value is smaller than the one configured in the Connection Limit field. For example,

 

you specified a port range from 1024 to 1029 and configured 10 in the Connection

 

Limit field. The FTP connection limit will only be 3 (6 ports in the range divided by 2)

 

because it is the smaller value.

 

 

Starting Port

Enter the first port number in the range. Choose from 1024 to 65535.

 

 

Ending Port

Enter the last port number in the range. Choose from 1024 to 65535.

 

 

Download/Upload

Select this if you want to limit the download/upload bandwidth for all users who are

Rate For All Users

logged into the NSA, including the administrator.

(include admin)

• Max. Download Rate - Enter the download speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NSA

 

 

allows for users who are logged into the NSA.

 

• Max. Upload Rate - Enter the upload speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NSA allows for

 

users who are logged into the NSA.

 

 

Download/Upload

Select this if you want to limit the download/upload bandwidth for users who log into

Rate For

the NSA using ‘FTP’ or ‘anonymous’ as a username and no password.

Anonymous Users

• Max. Download Rate - Enter the download speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NSA

 

 

allows for users who are logged into the NSA.

 

• Max. Upload Rate - Enter the upload speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NSA allows for

 

users who are logged into the NSA.

 

 

Character Set

The NSA uses UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) format for FTP by

 

default. If the NSA’s folders, or file names do not display correctly in your FTP client,

 

select the appropriate language encoding here.

 

This setting applies to all FTP client connections to the NSA. It does not affect your

 

Windows/CIFS connections (it will not correct the character display in Windows

 

Explorer).

 

 

Apply

Click this to save your changes.

 

 

Reset

Click this to restore your previously saved settings.

 

 

9.5 The Media Server Screens

The media server application allows you to share media files with media clients.

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Media Server User’s Guide