Setting up my pc as and FTP server

Colbaker · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:24

Hi, I want to set up one of my pc's as an FTP server, How would i go about doing this, The server is attached to a router which goes straight out to the internet, The unit is running windows Media Center Edition, I can get a ftp server software.

What other setting will i need on the router and the operating system

Thanks

Mp4 · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:27

http://www.bpftpserver.com/

shine · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:43

You'll need to setup port forwarding on your router to ensure requests to your FTP server are passed by the router to your pc, have a look here

Colbaker · 26 Sep 2006 at 21:11

O.k. cheers, That seems to explain how to set it up on my internal network but what about the internet?

What ip do i use to access the FTP server with a client on the internet.

Thanks

shine · 26 Sep 2006 at 21:21

IP Chicken will tell you what your external IP is:

http://www.ipchicken.com

Colbaker · 26 Sep 2006 at 21:29

O.k. great, I now have my external IP and have opened Bulletproof server which is now online but is saying a local ip and its on port 21, Shouldnt it say the external ip for me to access it through and external client?

shine · 26 Sep 2006 at 21:33

No that's correct. When you setup port forwarding on your router any requests coming into port 23 will be passed to your PC running the FTP server.

Colbaker · 26 Sep 2006 at 21:57

O.k. i have set the port to forward on port 21 and have set the host/IP/URL as my external ip address is there anything else i need to type into it, Like the internal ip address?

If so what do i type?

shine · 27 Sep 2006 at 05:43

Where did you set the external IP? It wasn't clear from your last post.

Avalon · 27 Sep 2006 at 10:09

You may want to consider a dynamic alias like dyndns.com or no-ip.com so you can connect to joeplogsftp.no-ip.com rather than your ip, the other advantage is if your ip changes for any reason your dynamic dns will change as well.

Colbaker · 27 Sep 2006 at 12:51

O.k. i have a no-ip account have installed the software, No-ip is online and working, When i put bulletproof server online is say online with 192.168.2.3 which is the internal ip, When trying to connect with an FTP client i put in joebloggs.no-ip.org for the host and to use port 21 but it still won't connect.

Oh and port 21 is forwarded on my router.

Any idea's?

Dr_Evil · 27 Sep 2006 at 13:00

Have you tried accessing directly using your external IP address? (ftp://xxx.xxx.xx.xx)

Also, you may have to open up a port range for PASV connections to allow data transfers, to enable ftp transfers from/to other machines behind firewalls.

Colbaker · 27 Sep 2006 at 13:23

O.k. that seemed to connect to bulletproof ftp server but then said 421 server is closed, no more connections are allowed.

Any ideas.

At least i am getting somewhere.

Dr_Evil · 27 Sep 2006 at 14:49

what's the max. number of connections allowed per user? try increasing this.

Colbaker · 27 Sep 2006 at 15:00

ive set it to 5 now, Still same message.

shine · 27 Sep 2006 at 15:04

Make sure that the server options is not set to refuse multiple connections from same ip.

oldbag · 27 Sep 2006 at 15:07

FTP isn't the safest thing to use in the world. It needs to be locked down fairly well otherwise you could find yourself being a warez/porn/mp3 server to many people.

Dr_Evil · 27 Sep 2006 at 17:23

i agree - it's much better to install a secure ftp server on port 990 and use SSL...

Colbaker · 27 Sep 2006 at 19:23

Blimey i can't even get it to work normally let alone with all of those security features.

Is there any other way?

Would i be able to browse to it with my browser?

daz · 27 Sep 2006 at 19:30

You won't be able to access it using the external IP or domain name from within your home network. Your router will get confused. If you're on the same home network as the FTP server, you have to access it via it's local IP.