FTP Help - ASUS RT-N56U

[drummer914]

I have tried for hours getting access to my usb drive plugged into my n56u via ftp. I set up my DDNS settings correctly. I used dyndns.org because asuscomm.com isn't working. I have tried forwarding port 21 to the router's ip. What confuses me is this message in the port forwarding tab's window "When you set 20:21 as your FTP server's port range for your WAN setup, then your FTP server would be in conflict with RT-N56U's native FTP server." I don't get what they are trying to say... Port 21 is already set up? I need to pick a different port? All other instructions online are outdated. I am on firmware 1.0.1.8d. Any help is appreciated.

 

[stevech]

seems they are saying that the router has an FTP server that listens on the well known FTP port numbers for connections coming in on the WAN side from the internet. No doubt, you have to enable this router-internal FTP server.

You would port forward FTP ports only if (a) you disable the router's internal FTP server and (b) you provide some other computer as the ftp server.

Of course, be very careful about exposing FTP to the Internet - strong passwords, disable anonymous, enable auto-ban, etc. Don't put any files with sensitive personal data on the ftp downloadables.

 

[drummer914]

Does anyone know if the firmware 1.0.1.8d broke FTP? I seemed to have tried everything and it still isn't workin.

 

[Paxsat]

ok internal ftp... not work on wan