I need an FTP server w/ my dynamic ip!

[lozina]

Well I really want to run a ftp server 24 hours/day but the problem is I have dynamic ip since my 'gay' ISP won't distribute static ips.
I have an internet domain though, and a 3rd party software from DNS2Go who re-route any requests to my domain name to my current IP through their DNS servers. They know my IP because theres a client program I run all the time which continually talks to their servers and looks for changes in my IP. To top it all off my machines are all behind a firewall on my router.

The Problem is FTP servers for some reason need your IP- unlike my web servers which just listen to the port and fullfill any request. Servers like G6 (bulletproof) and War FTP Daemon require me to enter my IP address that the world sees in roder for it to work- at least as far as I understand. Since my ip may change time to time I'd have to MANUALLLY change this ip setting every time which would be a bitch- so I have to ask, is there such a FTP server that does not need your current IP- or at least just uses your domain name instead of resolving it to an ip and using that permanently?? Or maybe you can tell me how to configure WAR ftp to do this?

 

[Workin']

The only IP address you should have to enter for the FTP server is the LAN address of the machine the server is running on. That shouldn't change. Something like 192.168.xxx.xxx most likely. Not your internet IP address.

I don't know about WAR, but IIS doesn't need anything but the local IP, and it really doesn't even need that, you can tell it to listen on all local adapters. I imagine all FTP servers would be similar.

 

[mOrphine]

i use serv-u and it doesnt require me to enter my internet ip, i am sharing an internet connection with windows ics.

 

[lozina]

I have tried using the router's ip for itself and for the machine running the server and someone can log into my FTP but once they try to enter PASSIVE MODE it comes up with an error. If I disable passive mode then it gets an error during the PORT command. Both times the error says something like 'client ip is the same 192.168.1.1' something like that. Actually this is with Bulletproof server- they told me i have to set the passive mode ip to my internet ip. I dont know about war ftp though since there's no one i can find who knows it well enough to tell me how to set it up... you have any ideas?

 

[Nikepete]

WarFTP and dns2go work well with dynamic IP. I'm using this combo right now. Warftp does not require IP address for setup.

To access the server, for example by http, type:

ftp://<username>:<Password>@xxx.dns2go.com/

xxx is the name registered with dns2go. If you have a router then you must forward the ports for FTP, usually ports 20 and 21.