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I feel bad for my "me too" post, but I am at a loss as to how you guys were able to resolve this. I believe I'm experiencing the same issues that @tsnprice was able to fix. I also have a Netgear router with USB-attached storage and can access it via FTP on other PCs/mobile devices in the same network. My Amcrest IP2M-841 ProHD, however, just can't seem to access the "local" FTP site (it can save to my web host's FTP though). I have attached screenshots to see if there's something that stands out as a clear cause for headache.

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I have the same problem.
Netgear R7000 router with USB drives attached and ReadyShare activated.
I can access the shared folder both as a network share and with FTP access from a local computer. This is all local network. No firewall involved. It should be a direct connection from the camera to the router - in fact, the wifi that the camera is connected to IS this router.
Yet no matter how I setup the FTP or NAS storage settings, it will not save to a network drive.

scotl wrote:I have the same problem.
Netgear R7000 router with USB drives attached and ReadyShare activated.
I can access the shared folder both as a network share and with FTP access from a local computer. This is all local network. No firewall involved. It should be a direct connection from the camera to the router - in fact, the wifi that the camera is connected to IS this router.
Yet no matter how I setup the FTP or NAS storage settings, it will not save to a network drive.

Somewhat comforting to hear I'm not alone. I just created a new post on the forum to see if it gets more traction, with better displayed screenshots...hopefully someone has a clue as to what's going on. New thread: https://amcrest.com/forum/ftp-setup-wit ... t1268.html

Same problem here as the original poster. Amcrest are you out there?

Hello ,

Unfortunately it appears that the amcrest camera is not compatible with the type of FTP the netgear ready share is using. There was a suggestion in another thread regarding opening a range of passive ports on the FTP server as a fix for this issue. That is something you can look into toward fixing the issue.

I had the same problem and was able to get around it by replacing the firmware on my R7000 with dd-wrt.

- dd-wrt version: DD-WRT v3.0-r30430M kongac
- Camera firmware version: 2.400.0000.15.R, build : 2016-06-15

With this setup, my amcrest IP4M-1025E camera can successfully upload the main video stream to the USB drive connected to my R7000.

dd-wrt is pretty straighforward to put onto this router and the community seems pretty active. Use google to find the latest image and any caveats.

I just did a factory reset on the router and used the netgear router GUI to upgrade to the dd-wrt image.

Hi someone has solved the problem with ftp netgear

Has anyone found a solution to this with the standard netgear firmware? I have an IP2M-844E that I'm trying to use with an R6250 router and it simply will NOT work no matter what settings I try in the FTP section. I have tried the IP of the router as the server as well as the "readyshare" text. The camera will write to a remote FTP server, but I need to write to the USB drive connected to the router.

I saw the post about "passive" ftp rules, but that seems to apply to someone running a computer as an actual FTP server, not the USB drive connected to the router. Any help appreciated.

Hello gba88,

We have not had much success with the FTP on Netgear router with a usb drive. What works well is NAS devices such WD Cloud or Buffalo which has FTP support.

We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.