FTP connection problems

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Hello all,

On the latest firmware, v1.02.03, I’ve been having problems connecting to my MBL using my usual ftp client, Filezilla. Connection through a web browser are fine but dosn’t allow server uploads.

After activating ssh and getting access to vsftpd’s.conf  configuration file I found out that the problem was the max_per_ip=1 setting.

 

This has been changed from it’s default 0 (Unlimited) setting to 1 which limits the max amount of clients that can connect from the same source IP address. 

 

After changing this setting back to it’s default setting  I was able to connect without problems with my ftp client. Seems ftp cliente software, or Filezilla at least, uses more than one connection to connect to the server. 

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For your information.

You can change Filezilla setting to use one connection if you like to.

menu → edit → setting → transfer 

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You can also use sftp to access all your drive, securely, from a distance, through internet.

Connexion will be encrypted, that can cause some overhead and slow the transfer But then… internet is not so fast, is it 

I am using asymmetric DSL, so speed is limited to 1024 Kb/s when receiving data from the drive.