FTP-server on MikroTik. Can't upload files.

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Hello!
There is a FTP-server on the MikroTik. The computer and one IP-camera with no problems use it. But other Chinese IP-camera only creates directories, but can not create files on the server. On another server that is not a MikroTik (it’s NAS), the Chinese IP-camera creates the directories and files without problems. Analysis with Wireshark packets, collected by MikroTik sniffer, gave the following - the MikroTik does not understand the command appe.
Why is that? How to fix it?

I’m using RB751U-2HnD with ROS 6.31 and USB-flash.

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Hi,

the FTP APPE command means “append to file”.
I think MikroTik’s FTP server implementation simply does not support this ftp feature.

Unfortunatelly, I doubt that you can change the behavior of the ftp client (IP camera in your case) - sorry :frowning:

Ape

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Аnswered support:

Hello,

APPE is not too common used command on FTP server, currently we do not have
plans to support it,
We will consider it for the future.

Regards,
Sergejs

Very sadly…

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MikroTik FTP server is only for uploading NPK files and downloading backups. It is not designed to be a public FTP server for large files and resume downloads.

You can try our SMB implementation for file sharing.

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My cameras only have FTP option for upload images and not supported SMB.

More sadly…

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I have uploaded movie on my USB flash stick, and played movie to my laptop without problem. SO FTP can be used for storing files, diferent then backups and npk files. :slight_smile:

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Normis, have you already updated the smb protocol to actual standard so the contemporary windows computers are able to use it without the registry hack? Or are you just suggesting a solution that you know it doesn’t work?

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Hi, I have the same problem, transferring files via FTP a large (500MB) on the USB flash drive connected to my Filezilla RB951 crashes with this error:


APPE Ubuntu_15.04_x64.iso
500 ‘APPE’: command not understood
Errore critico trasferimento file
421 No Transfer Timeout (300 seconds): closing control connection
Connessione chiusa dal server
Disconnesso dal server


I have the latest version of ROS. Why not developed the FTP utility for such use and also update the utility Samba to v3?

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Hi,

normis already answered the question:

The conclusion is: The embedded FTP server is not intended to be used for anything other than uploading NPK files.

Ape

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All routers sold as “home” have an ftp server that works as I want, because it does not mikrotik