Bulletproof FTP Server

[Pegun]

I'm trying to set up an FTP server at school, so when i go home i can write back to it. So far i can only access it on the same ip for the first two slots and/or workgroup. Any idea how i change this so that i can just connect to it from home? For example, I want to connect to 144.154.122.111. My roomate with ip 144.154.122.119 can connect but the person down the street with ip 134.144.xxx.xxx can't connect. why?

 

[Nohr]

The school most likely blocks the default FTP port which probably means it's against policy to run a FTP server.

 

[Pegun]

so if i change the ftp port? say to 6669?

 

[Nohr]

Only one way to find out.

 

[Markbnj]

Heh, well if they aren't blocking any old random port you choose to try, you should probably switch schools.

They almost certainly disallow incoming connections to their student segments.

 

[MSCoder610]

My school does that (blocks all incoming connections, you can only set up a web server on port 80 if you get permission first so they open the port).

Not sure if this is applicable to you, but if you can set up a VPN connection with the school, then you can probably access it. That would be fine for you to access your own stuff from somewhere else, but not practical for a random person to be able to connect to your FTP.

 

[Pegun]

we have a vpn but i think we only have like 128 mb's of space. the problem, when i go home i have music that i'd like to send up here so i zip it in rar files. it comes out to be li 1.5 gigs.