Netgear EDA 500 User Manual

If Windows users access your storage
system, enable this protocol.

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.

SMB(Server Message
Block)

If Linux or Unix users access your storage
system, enable this protocol.

Linux and Unix computers use NFS. Mac OS X
users can access NFS shared folders through
console shell access. Your ReadyNAS system
supports NFS v3 over UDP and TCP and NFS
v4 over TCP.

NFS(Network File Ser-
vice)

If only Mac OS X users access your stor-
age system, enable this protocol. However,
in a mixed Windows and Mac environment,
NETGEAR recommends using SMB only.

Mac OS X computers use AFP.Your ReadyNAS
system supports AFP 3.3.

AFP(Apple File Proto-
col)

If users access your storage system using
FTP, enable this protocol.

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 connec-
tion to the ReadyNAS.

FTP(File Transfer Pro-
tocol) and FTPS(FTP
with SSL encryption)

If users access your storage system from
a device that supports Rsync, enable this
protocol.

Fast file-transfer protocol that uses a delta-
transfer algorithm that sends only the differences
between the source file and the existing file.

Rsync

If users access your storage system from
a device with a web browser, including a
smartphone or tablet computer, enable
this protocol.

Used on the World Wide Web.

HTTP(Hypertext
Transfer Protocol)and
HTTPS(HTTP with SSL
encryption)

For security reasons, NETGEAR recom-
mends that you do not enable SSH. If you
enable SSH root access, NETGEAR re-
serves the right to deny you technical
support.

Lets you remotely manage the ReadyNAS over
an SSH connection.

SSH

By default, SMB and AFP are enabled and FTP, NFS, and SSH are disabled.

Select System > Settings > Services.