Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family ftp-server source-interface ● 173
Command Reference
ftp-server source-interface
Purpose Use the ftp-server source-interface command to specify a source
interface, which must be an existing local interface, for the FTP server.
Use the undo ftp-server source-interface command to delete the source
interface specified for the FTP server.
Syntax ftp-server source-interface interface-type interface-number
undo ftp-server source-interface
Parameters interface-type
interface-number
Specifies an interface by its type and number.
Default By default, the source IP address in each packet sent by the FTP server is the IP address
of the interface where the packet is sent out.
Example Set the source interface for the FTP server to ethernet0/0/0.
[Router] ftp-server source-interface Ethernet 0/0/0
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ System view
Description Use the ftp-server source-interface command to specify a source
interface, which must be an existing local interface, for the FTP server. After that, the
IP address of the specified interface is used as the source IP address in each packet
sent by the FTP server.
Use the undo ftp-server source-interface command to delete the source
interface specified for the FTP server. After that, the source IP address in each packet
sent by the FTP server is that of the outgoing interface where the packet is sent out.
You may specify a source IP address for the packets sent by the FTP server with the
ftp-server source-interface command or with the ftp-server
source-ip command. If both commands are configured, the one configured later
overrides.