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   Laptop can connect to FTP server; camcor   
   17 Jun 24 20:43:13   
   
   From: none@none.none   
      
   The router is a Netgear D7000 just upgraded to the latest firmware.  I   
   recently marked a milestone birthday-don't ask which one-by treating   
   myself to a Canon XF605 camcorder.  One of the main reasons I popped for   
   it is its capability to do things over Wi-Fi like livestream, which I've   
   tested and gotten to work, and, more importantly, transfer clips via FTP.   
      
   So in anticipation of this last I picked up a compact 2TB USB hard drive   
   to hook into the router and went to set it up as an FTP server.  I   
   configured dynamic DNS to allow remote access and it works with my   
   laptop both at home and away, but the camcorder won't connect to the   
   server for love or money.  It just gives up with the useful and   
   informative message "Unable to connect to FTP server."   
      
   I've got it narrowed down to an issue with either the router itself or   
   the DDNS provider (no-ip.com, which provides the mynetgear.com domain   
   Netgear routers use for this purpose).  I found a test FTP server online   
   that the camcorder CAN connect to, proving that it's not the problem.   
   I've reset the router to factory defauts-after which I had to manually   
   reenter all my settings wien it refused to load the settings file I   
   saved first.  And once more, the camera's other Wi-Fi cabalities I've   
   tried so far work,   
      
   Am I looking at trashing an otherwise perfectly good router or should I   
   maybe go with what I originally thought about doing-picking up a   
   Raspberry PI and setting it up as an FTP server instead of relying on   
   the router?  Or are there any tweaks I'm not seeing in the router's   
   settings that will let the camcorder connect?   
      
   Thanks in advance.   
      
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