FTP server running on Windows XP professional

[Alan]

I have been using a the FTP server running on Windows XP Professional with a
static IP for years with no trouble.
I have recently added a router as a firewall and port forwarded port 80 for
the web server no problem there and port 20 & 21 for the FTP server. I don't
think I have all of the necessary ports open to allow file transfers. I keep
getting permission errors. You can get a connection but transfers fail. Has
anyone set this up before without opening so many ports that the firewall is
useless. Is the version of IIS released with Windows XP Professional capable
of assigning ports for these transfers I understand you need 2 ports per
connection. Any help with this problem would be appreciated.

 

[James Egan]

I have been using a the FTP server running on Windows XP Professional with a
static IP for years with no trouble.
I have recently added a router as a firewall and port forwarded port 80 for
the web server no problem there and port 20 & 21 for the FTP server. I don't
think I have all of the necessary ports open to allow file transfers. I keep
getting permission errors. You can get a connection but transfers fail. Has
anyone set this up before without opening so many ports that the firewall is
useless. Is the version of IIS released with Windows XP Professional capable
of assigning ports for these transfers I understand you need 2 ports per
connection. Any help with this problem would be appreciated.

This is worth reading for the issues involved.
http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html

I don't know about the xp pro ftp server but there are other ftp
servers you could use where you can specify a range of passive ftp
ports to use. FileZilla springs to mind.


Jim.

 

[Alan]

Hi Jim
Thanks for the feedback I am now using GuildFTP and it seems to have a lot
more control then the FTP server in XP. I am still having trouble getting the
range of ports shortened down to where I like but it is much better. The
setup will except the range I enter but when I check it has kept the starting
range but expanded the ending maybe there is a limit to how short you can set
it. The Router is only letting the ports I specified through so I think the
desired result is achieved.