Find ways to improve FTP access on your device.
Find ways to improve FTP access on your device.
My router, tp-link Archer C1200 v3.0, has a usb port that I've connected a 1TB drive to. My problem is it can only do FTP, and windows doesn't match well with FTP, I can add network storage but not mount it as a Network drive. My phone doesn't have any issues with ftp though. I also have a raspberry pi which has a 2TB drive running a SAMBA SMB server which works flawlessly on every device. Im only using the 1tb drive as it was doing nothing getting dust. I want to use that 1TB drive as a media consumption server, but double clicking on videos just starts copying to drive instead of playing it. So instead what I have to do is, go to properties and copy the location (image below), and paste that in VLC or anyother media player, put in the password, then it starts streaming. Couple of extra annoying steps that I have to do evertime. Is there a way to skip this or make this better?
On Windows, use "smb:\\192.168.0.1\sda1" as the mount location. Also, please update your FTP settings—replace port 21 with a secure port like 80, 21, or 3389. FTP remains risky; consider FTPS or SFTP instead.
The specified path follows Linux/mac conventions, not Windows. The network address is set to the interface name, and the checkbox remains inactive, meaning port selection isn't relevant.
LMAO, that was completely my error. I think I’m more POSIX-compliant than I thought. Yeah, I didn’t catch it at first, but I chose to leave it as is just in case the OP decides to check.
Sure, I'll adjust the port right away once I understand the situation.