Quick FTP question

daztrouk

daztrouk

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I'm trying to setup a Windows XP system as an FTP server. The steps i've covered are below:

1 - installed it via 'add/remove windows components' then 'IIS' then 'ftp'
2 - configured ftp details (site directory etc) via IIS in admin tools
3 - port forwarded the port on my router
4 - enabled FTP within windows firewall

now, i only have 1 system available to me at the moment, and thats the system im installing the ftp on. When i enter its internal ip address within explorer, i can connect to the ftp directory. However when i enter its external ip address, i can connect, it asks for a username and password, but when i try to connect as anon (which is what i've configured the ftp to accept) it repeats the login request. Is this correct, or should i be able to connect using the external ip address the same way i can with the internal?
 
I had no end of trouble getting IIS FTP to work. (same problem). I even went as far as removing the pre configured password in XP and it still didn't work (it added the ipaddress before the username.)

I now use filezilla ftp server (with the XAMPP) and highly reccomend it. It can add users and passwords. Have different users going to different directories and even SSL encryption.
 
Trifid said:
I had no end of trouble getting IIS FTP to work. (same problem). I even went as far as removing the pre configured password in XP and it still didn't work (it added the ipaddress before the username.)

I now use filezilla ftp server (with the XAMPP) and highly reccomend it. It can add users and passwords. Have different users going to different directories and even SSL encryption.
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yea, i've been working on this for the last day or so and don't seem to have made any progress. Thanks for the recommendation, i'll take a look at filezilla.
 
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