Setting up Time Capsule as FTP server

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Setting up Time Capsule as FTP server

I am trying to set up my Time Capsule as a FTP server, so that my D-link surveillance network video camera can send its footage to the FTP server. The D-link tool bsically requires the following input:

IP address to the FTP server
Port (21 is default)
User name
Password
Path on FTP server

As I didn't get it to work from the D-link tool I browsed around and found this FTP test http://www.infobyip.com/ftptest.php which is good since it is basically a replica of the D-link set-up tool. But it doesn't work here either so I am obviously doing something wrong.

The IP address I thought I could get from the Airport Utility, see screen dump below.

User uploaded file

The user name and password I thought I could get by defining access to hard drives as "via account" (with user name and password) via Airport Utility, see screen dump below.

User uploaded file

But nothing works, I fail to connect to the FTP via the tool linked to above.

What do I do wrong? What have I missed?

Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 29, 2013 2:01 PM

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Answer 1

Per Brugge Author

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May 30, 2013 12:34 AM in response to LaPastenague

OK, I seem to have been a bit quick to conclude that my TC can do "everything". I am new to the Mac/Apple world, made the switch from Windows some months ago.

It seems that my camera supports FTP only, not a word mentioned about SMB or AFP. Here is the datasheetfor the camera and here is the user manual.

What if I would turn the question around. Are there any FTP SWs (preferrably freeware...) that I can easily install on either my TC or my MacBook (if the latter, do I then have to run the MacBook in some kind of server mode?)? Any tips are welcome.

Thanks!

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Answer 2

May 29, 2013 2:13 PM in response to Per Brugge

LOL.. you assumed the TC has FTP access.. it doesn't.. !!

There is no access for any file protocol except, AFP for apple and SMB for windows..

If you can, swap the camera over to using SMB file protocol.

For SMB to work make sure all naming in the TC complies to SMB standard. Apple does not and it looks like the names are wrong to me.

So TC name, wireless names, disk share name.

Short.. 20 characters at most.. 5-10 is good.

No spaces.

Pure alphanumeric.

Anything in the windows world should be able to copy files to shared folder in a disk.

On the file sharing page of the TC you may need to add, WORKGROUP and turn on the guest account can also help.

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Answer 3

May 30, 2013 4:05 AM in response to Per Brugge

What other routers etc do you still have around..?

What about an old windows PC..? The only software that dlink offer is for windows.. so if you have an old PC it might be worth setting it up for DVR.

Sorry the only ftp server i am used to is PC only.. filezilla. So you will need to google that one.

There is a built in simple command line ftp in the Mac but it is perhaps too hard to use.

I have read through the manual.. no SMB or anything else but FTP as you say.. hopeless.

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Per Brugge Author

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May 30, 2013 4:37 AM in response to LaPastenague

I have thrown most other stuff away. And I don't want my old Windows PCs back.

The D-link SW actually works on Mac (the usual Java 7 problems though as Apple seem to have blocked everything runnit it - have to run Java 6). So the problem is "just" limited to the FTP issue.

Are there any web-based services - similar to e.g. DropBox - that allows FTP transmission?

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Answer 5

May 30, 2013 6:01 AM in response to Per Brugge

Sure. but that is going to be using both the dropbox data and your internet quota..

There are plenty of cheap NAS available.. single disk versions. they all do ftp.. there is not a single NAS on the market that doesn't.. except apple.

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