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ReadyNAS OS 6.1
Supported File-Sharing Protocols
The ReadyNAS supports the following file-sharing protocols:
Table 11. 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 that sends 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.
SSH Lets you remotely manage the
ReadyNAS over an SSH connection.
For security reasons, NETGEAR
recommends 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.