Re: Cannot connect to my ftp site

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And if your router doesn't automatically handle FTP protocols, you also need
port 20 forwarded. You might also need to configure the client PC to use
Active FTP instead of Passive (the IE default), as Passive won't work if the
router doesn't understand the FTP protocol (as it won't forwards the ports
the FTP server is opening for the client to connect to). Active FTP won't
work if the client PC has a firewall/router blocking incoming ports that
doesn't read the FTP packets to forward the correct ports either. So, if
neither end can handle it automatically, it won't work anyway.

I use a Netgear DG834 on my "FTP server" which does inspect FTP packets to
open the correct ports for Passive FTP handling.

Dan

Richard wrote on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:01:29 -0500:

> You need to turn on forwarding on your router to forward the FTP port (21)
> to your computer's internal IP address, then access the FTP server via
> your actual Internet IP address, not the IP address the router assigns the
> PC.
>
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> "csowers" <csowers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6CBE4045-C125-427A-A319-AB0090CD9B13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I am setting up an FTP site for the first time and I'm getting an error
>> while
>> in IE. It is as follows.
>>
>> Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name
>> correctly and that you have permission to access this folder.
>>
>> Details:
>> the operation timed out.
>>
>> I am using IIS6.0 in windows XP with a linksys wrt54g wireless router and
>> gateway went into the router and opened port 21 for the ftp site IP and
>> still
>> cannot connect to it from outside my network. I didn't set up a static
>> IP for the PC with the FTP site on it b/c my router assined it an IP
>> address. Do I need to assign it a static IP address? Any other help
>> would be appreciated.
>>
>> Craig
>

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