FTP server behind router? . . .FREAKING IMPOSSIBLE!

[Pnklytnyng]

damn. . .i have been trying this for quite some time now. . .
im trying to set up an FTP server behind my router . . .my router's IP on my home netwk is 192.168.0.1 mine is 192.168.0.2 . . .i can access my FTP from the other comp on the netwk (192.168.0.3) just fine . ..the problem is getting on it from the outside.

i set my netgear rt314 to forward all requests made on port 21 (FTP) to my machine (192.168.0.2) . . .for some reason, requests made from the outside to my outside ip (24.xx.xx.xx)
never make it to my FTP . . .they dont even connect to the point where a login/pass issue could be the problem. . .does anyone know what i am doing wrong?. . .

i am using g6 for FTP (and I went to the SUA/NAT page on netgear's http config where i filled in the port number as 21 and the IP as 192.168.0.2 on my router: did i do this correctly?. . .it seemed to work for identd on port 113 for mIRC)

is there anyone else with the same problem, or does anyone have a solution for me?

 

[spencer]

I'm pretty sure you have to forward port 20 also.

 

[bex0rs]

Yep, forward port 20 as well. Does your router have an option to view a log file of recent denials? I know that the SMC product does, and it is actually pretty helpful in pinpointing what is wrong.

~bex0rs

 

[chemwiz]

The latest firmware for the SMC also has an option for a non-standard FTP port if you're running a server and don't want to use 21. But that's what your problem is, you need to forward port 20 too.

 

[Wizkid]

I also am trying to get a ftp server to work from behind a router. I am using the SMC router and have forwarded port 20 and 21 to my internal machine (10.0.0.2). I can login to the ftp server from the outside when passive mode is enable on the client, however if the client is behind a firewall then passive mode doesn't work. Is there anything that I can do the remedy this situation? I am using the G6 FTP Server on NT Server.

tia

 

[nEoTeChMaN]

Would mapping a drive work?

 

[CoolTech]

i have linksys 4 port router and it works fine without port mapping, go linksys!, lol

 

[Wizkid]

CoolTech: Do you have the DMZ set to your ip?

 

[chemwiz]

Does mapping the drive allow it to use passive mode? I'll give it a try, most of the people who go into mine in pasv can't hook up, I've tried using both serv-u and G6.

 

[Pnklytnyng]

GOT IT GUYS. . . .

i have the netgear rt314. . .as a default setting in their new firmware which i recently upgraded to, they included filters that automatically dropped all FTP requests from the outside among other things. . .so i killed the filter and things are smooth now, after having forwarded ports 20 and 21 to my machine.

 

[convex]

21 is control and 20 is data, both need some nonblock 'lovin

 

[Schmo]

What Pnklytnyng said is ABSOLUTELY correct. The default configuration drops all FTP, TELNET and HTTP requests from the outside world. Disable the FTP filter and forward ports 20 and 21 and you should be rockin' and rollin'.

 

[shadow]

port 20 = data? I thought ftp client and server randomly assigned ports for data transfer -> like port 5660, 5670 etc?