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FTP Site - Please help

  • 15-12-2010 12:57pm
    #1
    Kungfu_Chuck
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    I have set up my computer as an FTP server using filezilla or crossftp. I have forwarded port 21 on my netgear WG614v7 router. My IP is static and im using using googles DNS. I have set up a user account and have given access to my NAS drive. I can view the FTP site on my internal network. I cant view it when I access it from my external IP. The site does ask for my login however nothing is visible when I enter it. I tried changing the user root directory to a folder on my computers drive and still no luck. I have checked to make sure port 21 is open and it is. Its driving me nuts!!
    Can anyone out there help? Im new to boards.ie and heard its a good place to get questions answered.


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  • #2
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    You need to select a higher port (over 5000) in filezilla and forward that , thats what i did anyway.


  • #3
    Kungfu_Chuck
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Kungfu_Chuck


    Cheers Ill try that later. So should I change the listening port in Filezilla to over 5000 or the user?


  • #4
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,539 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Kungfu_Chuck wrote: »
    I have set up my computer as an FTP server using filezilla or crossftp. I have forwarded port 21 on my netgear WG614v7 router. My IP is static and im using using googles DNS. I have set up a user account and have given access to my NAS drive. I can view the FTP site on my internal network. I cant view it when I access it from my external IP. The site does ask for my login however nothing is visible when I enter it. I tried changing the user root directory to a folder on my computers drive and still no luck. I have checked to make sure port 21 is open and it is. Its driving me nuts!!
    Can anyone out there help? Im new to boards.ie and heard its a good place to get questions answered.

    It's ports 20 and 21 for FTP.


  • #5
    Kungfu_Chuck
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Kungfu_Chuck


    Thanks Spear however I already have those ports assigned to FTP and am still having issues.


  • #6
    tommycahir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭tommycahir


    I recently had an issue where I could see my proftpd server on my lan using the internal IP (192.168.1...) but when trying to access the external IP from within my LAN there were some NAT issues with my router which ended up with no directories being displayed.. (hope that makes sense??)

    However when somebody outside my lan used the external IP they had no issues seeing the directories.

    Maybe getting somebody outside your network to check the external IP for connectivity would be helpful?


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  • #7
    Kungfu_Chuck
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Kungfu_Chuck


    Thanks Tommycahir! Ill try that and let you know how I get on. The symptoms you described are what I am experiencing. I wonder if I should forward a port for every user I create? Any comments?

    This Boards.ie place is great ill be back on myself and will give advice when I can.


  • #8
    tommycahir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭tommycahir


    I would avoid opening ports on your router if possible. You only need port 21 open on the router and configured on the FTP server.


  • #9
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    tommycahir wrote: »
    I would avoid opening ports on your router if possible. You only need port 21 open on the router and configured on the FTP server.

    That depends on whether you'll be connecting to the FTP server in active or passive mode. There's a similar discussion here which might shed some light


  • #10
    IrishB.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 383 ✭✭IrishB.ie


    Are you connected to your NAS as a mapped drive? If so that might be the problem. This is from Filezilla's FAQ:

    Generally sharing network drives is not recommended, as all data has to be transferred twice. Just install FileZilla Server on the other machine instead. If you still want to share a network drives with FileZilla Server, make sure the account FileZilla Server runs under has access to the network drive. By default, FileZilla Server runs using the SYSTEM account. You can change the account FileZilla Server uses on the service page in the management console of Windows: Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> FileZilla Server FTP server -> Log On. However, even then sharing mapped network drives might not work since Windows networking has some bugs.

    In general, mapped drives are not ideal regardless of what FTP server software you are using. Also, as stated above, make sure the Filezilla service has proper access rights on the NAS. Hope this helps.


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