Posted: 3/21/2010 9:32:30 PM EDT
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In some of the other computer related threads I noticed that there seems to be some very smart guys on here, so maybe you can help me.
I'm trying to set up an ftp server using filezilla server. I'm behind a Linksys WRT54G router with the firewall turned off. I don't understand how to do the port thing so I'm not sure if it's right. I know my internet ip, and my ip on the network. Anyway, when filezilla server starts it shows the server address as 127.0.0.1 port 14147. In the instructions it says I need to open/forward/whatever my ports to 21. So I have it set up like this - port from 21 ip 192.168.1.142 port to 21 with the enable box checked. I've even tried changing the ip to 127.0.0.1 and the port to option to 14147. What am I doing wrong? Should I use something other than filezilla server? I'm normally pretty good with computer shit, but after searching the internet, getting more confused and agitated for the past several hours I'm humbly asking you guys for help. Thanks for your time. |
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Change the Filezilla port to 21. Enable IP Forwarding from your routers Applications/Gaming tab.. TCP and UP port 21 forward to the IP address of your FTP server, it should be the 192.168.X.X address. When I change the filezilla port when the program starts to 21 I get this msg Protocol error: Unknown protocol identifier (0x50 0x50 0x48). Most likely connected to the wrong port. Connection to server closed. Trying to reconnect in 5 seconds I don't have an applications/gaming tab so I took a screenshot to see if this is where I want to be. Thanks for all the help guys, I really do appreciate you guys taking time out to help me. 
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It sounds to me like Filezilla isn't bound to any interface. It is only listening on loopback. Try putting a "*" in the preferences box where you define the interfaces under FileZilla settings. If you can't figure this out let me know and I'll jump on a box with filezilla and try to get a screenshot for you. |
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It sounds to me like Filezilla isn't bound to any interface. It is only listening on loopback. Try putting a "*" in the preferences box where you define the interfaces under FileZilla settings. If you can't figure this out let me know and I'll jump on a box with filezilla and try to get a screenshot for you. Like this? If so it was already like that. I'd hate to make you go through all that trouble. 
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OK. You said you had your firewall turned off. Do you mean on the router or on your windows box? Do you have another PC on your home network that is connected to the same WRT54G? If so try to FTP from that computer to make sure you can actually connect at all to rule out a local problem before you start troubleshooting public network stuff. What you showed in the screenshot is correct. Are you confident that your ISP allows FTP? Some of the more overzealous providers will block it. |
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OK. You said you had your firewall turned off. Do you mean on the router or on your windows box? Do you have another PC on your home network that is connected to the same WRT54G? If so try to FTP from that computer to make sure you can actually connect at all to rule out a local problem before you start troubleshooting public network stuff. What you showed in the screenshot is correct. Are you confident that your ISP allows FTP? Some of the more overzealous providers will block it. Ok, I feel like a dumbshit, my windows firewall was on, and I didn't think it was. Thank you so very much for your help, seriously. I'd welcome you to all the beer in my fridge if it was possible. I really can't thank you enough. |
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Quoted: Quoted: OK. You said you had your firewall turned off. Do you mean on the router or on your windows box? Do you have another PC on your home network that is connected to the same WRT54G? If so try to FTP from that computer to make sure you can actually connect at all to rule out a local problem before you start troubleshooting public network stuff. What you showed in the screenshot is correct. Are you confident that your ISP allows FTP? Some of the more overzealous providers will block it. Ok, I feel like a dumbshit, my windows firewall was on, and I didn't think it was. Thank you so very much for your help, seriously. I'd welcome you to all the beer in my fridge if it was possible. I really can't thank you enough. Cool! eta: It would be in bad form for me not to encourage you to enable windows firewall but configure it to allow traffic on port 21 to give yourself protection. I don't run firewalls on any of my PC's but I like to live dangerously and I have good reason to believe that my local network is secured/trusted :) |
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OK. You said you had your firewall turned off. Do you mean on the router or on your windows box? Do you have another PC on your home network that is connected to the same WRT54G? If so try to FTP from that computer to make sure you can actually connect at all to rule out a local problem before you start troubleshooting public network stuff. What you showed in the screenshot is correct. Are you confident that your ISP allows FTP? Some of the more overzealous providers will block it. Ok, I feel like a dumbshit, my windows firewall was on, and I didn't think it was. Thank you so very much for your help, seriously. I'd welcome you to all the beer in my fridge if it was possible. I really can't thank you enough. Cool! eta: It would be in bad form for me not to encourage you to enable windows firewall but configure it to allow traffic on port 21 to give yourself protection. I don't run firewalls on any of my PC's but I like to live dangerously and I have good reason to believe that my local network is secured/trusted :) Seriously, you rule. Thanks again. I too live dangerously, no anti virus, and none of my other machines have firewalls enabled, I must have forgot about it on this one since it's a fresh install of win 7. |