General

You can enable FTP services to allow clients to access folders and data on the system. Before enabling FTP, make sure the following TCP ports of your router are being forwarded to the DiskStation: 21 (default control connection), 20 (data connection for active mode) and 55536-55567 (data connection for passive mode).

To enable FTP service:

  1. Enable one of the following:
  2. Click Apply.

See the section below for the Advanced Settings:

Transfer Settings

Enable FTP file transfer log

Enable this function to record the log of each downloaded or uploaded file.

To see the FTP file transfer log:

Click theView Logs button.

Note: Enabling FTP file transfer log will affect the system performance.

Security Settings

Change the selected users' root to user home

Users selected here can access their home folders only while login Synology DiskStation via FTP.

Enable Anonymous FTP

Enable this function to allow anyone to log in to DiskStation's FTP service (with the anonymous or ftp account).

To configure the privilege of anonymous user:

Go to Main Menu > Control Panel > Shared Folder, and click Privileges Setup.

Change Anonymous root

Enable this function to change anonymous FTP user's login directory. Select the shared folder from the drop-down menu.

To enable speed limit:

  1. Tick Enable speed limit.
  2. Click Speed Limit Settings to enable speed limit for users or groups individually.
  3. Click Apply.

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