N900 FTP externally accessible, MyCloud Desktop app not working correclty

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Hi,

I would like to get the FTP externally accessible. The problem is that the MyCloud Desktop app isnt working for me at all. Also when I try the share functionality I get an admin login … thats not really usable … If you have hint’s on how to fix this please let me know!

Back to my main point.

I have the N900 configured as follows

DSL modem & hidden wifi box → private IP on the N900 as WAN → Wifi on the N900 as the main wifi

The thing is I can’t seem to open ports in the firewall of the N900 for itself? Thats a complete design flaw to me … I enabled the SSH and started snooping around but couldnt find the ftp config. It obviously is only listening on one interface to port 21.

If anyone has an idea how to make it listen also on the WAN interface (which in this case isnt even WAN but just another private IP subnet).

The reason for this constellation as a whole is that the AP mode in the N900 isnt usable at all…

So 

  1. how do I fix the sharing with the N900 not to need admin account

  2. how can i enable the ftp to listen on both interfaces or allow the firewall for the ftp to be accessible ?

  3. how can i open the firewall so ftp works from the outside

  4. how can I make the cloud app work? on my mac it doesnt find my n900…

Thanks !

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iptables -t nat -I PRE.WAN-1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 21

if you wan’t it a bit securer by obscuring use some high port

this way you can make the ftp accessible from WAN