Netgear RN3138 Software Manual - Page 167
Table 11. Supported file-sharing protocols, System Settings, ReadyNAS OS 6.4, Recommendation
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ReadyNAS OS 6.4 Table 11. Supported file-sharing protocols Protocol Description Recommendation SMB (Server Message Block) Used mainly by Microsoft Windows computers and If Windows users access your storage system, sometimes by Mac OS X computers, this protocol is enable this protocol. enabled by default. It is sometimes referred to as the CIFS (Common Internet File Service) file-sharing protocol. SMB uses TCP/IP. NFS (Network File Service) Linux and Unix computers use NFS. Mac OS X users If Linux or Unix users access your storage can access NFS shared folders through console shell system, enable this protocol. access. Your ReadyNAS system supports NFS v3 over UDP and TCP and NFS v4 over TCP. AFP (Apple File Protocol) Mac OS X computers use AFP. Your ReadyNAS system supports AFP 3.3. If only Mac OS X users access your storage system, enable this protocol. However, in a mixed Windows and Mac environment, We recommend using SMB only. FTP (File Transfer Many public file upload and download sites use FTP. If users access your storage system using Protocol) and FTPS (FTP The ReadyNAS supports anonymous or user access FTP, enable this protocol. with SSL encryption) for FTP clients.You can elect to set up port forwarding to nonstandard ports for passive FTP, allowing clients to initiate a connection to the ReadyNAS. Rsync Fast file transfer protocol that uses a delta-transfer If users access your storage system from a algorithm that sends only the differences between the device that supports Rsync, enable this source file and the existing file. protocol. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Used on the World Wide Web. Protocol) and HTTPS (HTTP with SSL encryption) If users access your storage system from a device with a web browser, including a smartphone or tablet computer, enable this protocol. SSH Lets you remotely manage the ReadyNAS over an SSH connection. For security reasons, We recommend that you do not enable SSH. If you enable SSH root access, NETGEAR reserves the right to deny you technical support. By default, SMB and AFP are enabled and FTP, NFS, and SSH are disabled. System Settings 167
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