3com WX3000 User Manual

 

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Follow these steps to enable an FTP server: 

Enter system view 

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Enable the FTP server function  ftp server enable 

Required 

Disabled by default. 

 

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Only one user can access the device at a given time when the latter operates as an FTP server.  

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Operating as an FTP server, the device cannot receive a file whose size exceeds its storage space. 

The clients that attempt to upload such a file will be disconnected with the FTP server due to lack of 

storage space on the FTP server. 

 

To protect unused sockets against attacks, the device provides the following functions: 

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TCP 21 is enabled only when you start the FTP server.  

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TCP 21 is disabled when you shut down the FTP server.  

 

After the idle time is configured, if the server does not receive service requests from a client within a 

specified time period, it terminates the connection with the client, thus preventing a user from occupying 

the connection for a long time without performing any operation. 

Follow these steps to configure connection idle time: 

Enter system view 

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Configure the connection idle 
time for the FTP server 

ftp timeout minutes 

Optional 

30 minutes by default 

 

You can specify the source interface and source IP address for an FTP server to enhance server 

security. After this configuration, FTP clients can access this server only through the IP address of the 

specified interface or the specified IP address.