Adding FTP feature to TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND router
FTP is a method of transmitting or recieving files across the Internet and stands for File Transfer Protocol. This article guide you on how to enable FTP function on the OpenWRT router.
It is assumed that the router is flashed with OpenWRT. See this article if you haven't upgrade firmware to Openwrt.
TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND Mount with USB Flash Drive
WinSCP (Windows Secure CoPy)
WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, SCP client, FTPS client and FTP client for Windows.
Most people use vi as the text editor during configuration of embedded device. I hate to use vi, in which I have to memorize all the commands. Whereas WinSCP is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) program where you can edit your file like notepad. Additionally you can use WinSCP to download and upload files including settings of permission.
TP_LINK TL-WRT1043ND router and OpenWRT is use in this tutorial.
Integrating PuTTY in WinSCP
Most of the time, I use both WinSCP (Windows Secure CoPy) & PuTTY together, especially when work with Openwrt and DD-Wrt. It is very troublesome to start each program individually. So I decided to integrate PuTTY into WinSCP.
WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, SCP client, FTPS client and FTP client for Windows.
PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
I would suggest to download the portable version for both WinSCP & Putty. With the portable version, you can easily copy WinSCP & PuTTY from one computer to another computer without erase the settings.
Here is the link for partable WinSCP & Putty:
http://portableapps.com/news/2012-07-29--winscp-portable-4.3.9-released
PHP Control Arduino with TP-Link TL-WR1043ND Router
My previous article Control Arduino via PHP (EasyPHP) control Arduino from a computer with web server. Another article Control Arduino with TP-Link TL-WR1043ND Router which the Arduino is connecting to the router, but it is not safely to control over the internet.