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ReadyNAS OS 6.1
The following table lists the file-sharing protocols that your ReadyNAS storage system
supports.
Table 4. Supported file-sharing protocols
Protocol Description Recommendation
SMB
(Server Message Block)
Used mainly by Microsoft Windows
computers and sometimes by Mac OS X
computers, this protocol is enabled by
default. It is sometimes referred to as the
CIFS (Common Internet File Service)
file-sharing protocol. SMB uses
TCP/IP.
If Windows users access your
storage system, enable this protocol.
NFS
(Network File Service)
Linux and Unix computers use NFS. Mac
OS X users can access NFS shared
folders through console shell access.
Y
our ReadyNAS system supports NFS
v3 over UDP and TCP and NFS v4 over
TCP.
If Linux or Unix users access your
storage system, enable this protocol.
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, NETGEAR
recommends using SMB only.
FTP
(File Transfer Protocol)
and FTPS
(FTP with SSL
encryption)
Many public file upload and download
sites use FTP
. The ReadyNAS supports
anonymous or user access 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.
If users access your storage system
using FTP
, enable this protocol.
Rsync Fast file-transfer protocol that uses a
delta-transfer algorithm to send only the
dif
ferences between the source file and
the existing file.
If users access your storage system
from a device that supports Rsync,
enable this protocol.
HTTP
(Hypertext Transfer
Protocol)
and
HTTPS
(HTTP with SSL
encryption)
Used on the World Wide Web. If users access your storage system
from a device with a web browser
,
including a smartphone or tablet
computer, enable this protocol.