FTP server question

RouterOS General
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Hi guys

I am considering openning up my ftp server on my PC running RouterOS v3.10 to my entire wlan, is this safe?

I want to have a big harddrive (250gb or so) and then all my wifi clients can use the ftp server to share files etc.

Is there a way to limit the amount of storage space utilized by the ftp server?

thanks

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Hi,

the integrated RouterOS FTP-Server is more for administrative tasks e.g. uploading RouterOS. This is a router and not a FTP-Server :-)) All I know no quotas are included. But quotas don’t make a FTP-Server safer.

I prefer to use RouterOS as router and separate application server for the needed appications.


Regards
Lutz

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Thanks for the reply…

But setting up a 2nd PC is such a mission lol…

What would happen if the router based ftp server was filled and there was 0% hhd space remaining? would the router crash?

thanks

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Never tested, but I don’t belive that the router crash. But as you say: "… if the router based ftp server was filled… ". Yes, it’s a router, not a FTP-Server. You can test it in seconds.

Just take a second appliance and a full featured FTP-Server you like. Next one want’s to install a SMTP-Server or -Relay on the router and so on and so on. Sorry, that makes no sence - because it’s a router. Or with the new VM posibilities in next version, run a VM on a router, if you want to have it all in one box.

I never think a second about such constructs!


Regards
Lutz

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Ok i’ll take you advice and built a separate ftp server

thanks for you help