Can't get FileZilla FTP server to work :(

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OK, I've set up one of my machines with a static IP address in my network - 192.168.0.99, and forwards FTP traffic in my router to that IP address.

I can connect on the machine itself to 127.0.01... But cannot seem to connect from an external source to that FTP Server :(

What's odd is I've enabled logging on the router to port 21 and see no logs appear no matter if I type in my IP address directly, or even my Dynamic DNS name...

If anyone has got File Zilla Server running can you please let me know what you had to configure / forward.

ps: I've even disabled the firewall on the PC in question!
 
NeilFawcett said:
OK, I've set up one of my machines with a static IP address in my network - 192.168.0.99, and forwards FTP traffic in my router to that IP address.

I can connect on the machine itself to 127.0.01... But cannot seem to connect from an external source to that FTP Server :(

What's odd is I've enabled logging on the router to port 21 and see no logs appear no matter if I type in my IP address directly, or even my Dynamic DNS name...

If anyone has got File Zilla Server running can you please let me know what you had to configure / forward.

ps: I've even disabled the firewall on the PC in question!
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what router is it?
 
zen62619 said:
personally I wudnt use that ftp server, try this

http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/quick__n_easy_ftp_server.html
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Fair enough, but I've tried two different programs now, and can access them from the machine they are installed on, another machine on my network, but I cannot type in my ip address and access the machine in question :(

I can't see why a third/different program would resolve this :(

Got to surely be something networky/routery?

Can I test the FTP server like this? ie: Type in my own IP address on another machine on my network and expect it to go out into the world and back into my own network again? Or do I have to use a machine that is outside my network?
 
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Well in case your firewall is such that it didn't get entirely disabled and in case there's just something amuck with the router logging, you could try changing the listening port to something else in the high range and then access it with ftp://192.168.0.99:XXXXX ... in case the standard FTP listening port is still being blocked
 
malef!c said:
Not running a firewall on the FTP machine are you?
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From original message - "
ps: I've even disabled the firewall on the PC in question!"

And I can acccess the FTP server from other machines on my network. So surely this proves the machine is 'open'?
 
TomTomTom said:
Well in case your firewall is such that it didn't get entirely disabled and in case there's just something amuck with the router logging, you could try changing the listening port to something else in the high range and then access it with ftp://192.168.0.99:XXXXX ... in case the standard FTP listening port is still being blocked
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If the firewall was to blame I wouldn't be able to access the FTP server from another machine on my network surely?
 
NeilFawcett said:
If the firewall was to blame I wouldn't be able to access the FTP server from another machine on my network surely?
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Then its a WAN routing problem. I suggest you go over your network router settings. If you can access it via lan machines then yes, its a problem with wan routing.
 
Are you trying to access the FTP server using your external IP from within your internal network?

If you router doesn't support NAT Loopback this won't work.

Try connecting from an external source.
 
oddjob62 said:
Are you trying to access the FTP server using your external IP from within your internal network?

If you router doesn't support NAT Loopback this won't work.

Try connecting from an external source.
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AHA! That worked ;) Thanks! I was expecting to be able to go out and back in thru the router!
 
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