FTP & Linksys 4 port router

[TruculentTucan]

hey guys, how would i go about getting this to work. Right now no one can connect to me. Do I need to forward ports or something?

 

[Hoober]

Yes, you need to forward ports 21 and 20.

21 is the actual port that FTP uses and 20 is the data port that the data connection is made through. I just set this up on my Barricade and it went smoothly. Just forward the two ports to your server's internal IP.

 

[TruculentTucan]

that sounds waaaay too easy
I already forwarded 21, forgot about 20. Thanks!

 

[TruculentTucan]

didn't work. People still cant connect. Do I have to tell my ftp server to listen on a different ip?

 

[Hoober]

Try telling it to listen on the IP of your router. Someone in a different post said something about that as well.

 

[TruculentTucan]

The other thing i tried was forwarding the 'passive listening ports' but that just made it so my other computer couldn't go online.

 

[Hoober]

I'm using guildFTP as my FTP server. I don't know which program you're using, but if you're not opposed you might try that program. I know it works through a router.

 

[Quad]

i set this up with my software nat router, and all i had to do was forward port 21 to the computer running the server.

the router listens on ANY ip and forwards packets through port 21 to the ip of the computer running the server

 

[Hoober]

Yeah, my router listens to any traffic through port 21 or 20 and then forwards it to the server as well. Maybe something's just not configured right in the server?

 

[M O M O]

this helped me alot... server working behind a 4port router..linksys