Re: I cannot get my damn FTP server to work? Really frustrating.
- From: "David Mills" <davidmillsjd@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:02:05 -0500
"Leythos" <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <rtqdnQRrRalbZE_enZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> davidmillsjd@xxxxxxxxx says...
>> I cannot get my damn FTP server to work? Really frustrating.
>>
>> Ok, here is my setup.
>>
>> -Linksys cable modem and a Linksys router.
>> -I have 2 pc's connected to the modem sharing the cable connection.
>> -The pc's internal ip addresses are 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101
>> -My Wan/Internet ip address is 69.167.219.111
>>
>> I have my IIS server running and setup correctly. I have "Allow IIS to
>> control password" checked under security accounts inside IIS.
>> On my router setup pages, under the "forwarding" tab, I have ports 20
>> thru
>> 21 forwarded to 192.168.1.100
>> I checked on Linksys' knowledge base and it says to have the ip address
>> set
>> to 192.168.1.3. I tried using that address and it didn't work either.
>> I have searched all over Google for FTP setup using port forwarding and
>> they
>> all basically say the same thing, but it isn't working.
>> The only thing I tried but didn't work at all is setting up a static ip
>> address within my router.
>> I went into the router and typed in 69.167.219.111 for my static ip
>> address
>> and then that killed my internet access.
>> I am assuming you can't just type in whatever "static" ip address you
>> want.
>> Checking the research I have done, you shouldn't have to have a static ip
>> address in order to get this to work.
>>
>> If I open up windows explorer and type in ftp://69.167.219.111/ then I
>> get
>> this error:
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name
>> correctly and that you have permission to access the folder.
>>
>> Details:
>> The connection with the server was reset
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?
>
> First, you can't use a LINKSYS and your PUBLIC inside the LAN at the
> same time - it doesn't route that way.
>
> If you want to FTP, when inside the LAN you have to use the LAN IP
> address, from outside the LAN you use the PUBLIC IP.
>
> Second, don't use the Windows IIS FTP Service, download and setup/use
> FileZilla Server - it's free, and it's not bound to users that are part
> of Windows Authentication, has many better features, and it's a real FTP
> Server.
>
Ok, thanks for that information. So basically, if I want to test the
outside ip address, I cannot do it from within my network, it must be from
an outside pc?
I will try this FileZilla program, thanks for the heads up on it.
.
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