I cannot get my damn FTP server to work? Really frustrating.

[David Mills]

I cannot get my damn FTP server to work? Really frustrating.

Ok, here is my setup.

-Linksys cable modem and a Linksys router.
-I have 2 pc's connected to the modem sharing the cable connection.
-The pc's internal ip addresses are 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101
-My Wan/Internet ip address is 69.167.219.111

I have my IIS server running and setup correctly. I have "Allow IIS to
control password" checked under security accounts inside IIS.
On my router setup pages, under the "forwarding" tab, I have ports 20 thru
21 forwarded to 192.168.1.100
I checked on Linksys' knowledge base and it says to have the ip address set
to 192.168.1.3. I tried using that address and it didn't work either.
I have searched all over Google for FTP setup using port forwarding and they
all basically say the same thing, but it isn't working.
The only thing I tried but didn't work at all is setting up a static ip
address within my router.
I went into the router and typed in 69.167.219.111 for my static ip address
and then that killed my internet access.
I am assuming you can't just type in whatever "static" ip address you want.
Checking the research I have done, you shouldn't have to have a static ip
address in order to get this to work.

If I open up windows explorer and type in ftp://69.167.219.111/ then I get
this error:
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Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name
correctly and that you have permission to access the folder.

Details:
The connection with the server was reset
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Does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks.

DM.

 

[Leythos]

I cannot get my damn FTP server to work? Really frustrating.

Ok, here is my setup.

-Linksys cable modem and a Linksys router.
-I have 2 pc's connected to the modem sharing the cable connection.
-The pc's internal ip addresses are 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101
-My Wan/Internet ip address is 69.167.219.111

I have my IIS server running and setup correctly. I have "Allow IIS to
control password" checked under security accounts inside IIS.
On my router setup pages, under the "forwarding" tab, I have ports 20 thru
21 forwarded to 192.168.1.100
I checked on Linksys' knowledge base and it says to have the ip address set
to 192.168.1.3. I tried using that address and it didn't work either.
I have searched all over Google for FTP setup using port forwarding and they
all basically say the same thing, but it isn't working.
The only thing I tried but didn't work at all is setting up a static ip
address within my router.
I went into the router and typed in 69.167.219.111 for my static ip address
and then that killed my internet access.
I am assuming you can't just type in whatever "static" ip address you want.
Checking the research I have done, you shouldn't have to have a static ip
address in order to get this to work.

If I open up windows explorer and type in ftp://69.167.219.111/ then I get
this error:
------------------------------------------------------
Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name
correctly and that you have permission to access the folder.

Details:
The connection with the server was reset

First, you can't use a LINKSYS and your PUBLIC inside the LAN at the
same time - it doesn't route that way.

If you want to FTP, when inside the LAN you have to use the LAN IP
address, from outside the LAN you use the PUBLIC IP.

Second, don't use the Windows IIS FTP Service, download and setup/use
FileZilla Server - it's free, and it's not bound to users that are part
of Windows Authentication, has many better features, and it's a real FTP
Server.

 

[David Mills]

First, you can't use a LINKSYS and your PUBLIC inside the LAN at the
same time - it doesn't route that way.

If you want to FTP, when inside the LAN you have to use the LAN IP
address, from outside the LAN you use the PUBLIC IP.

Second, don't use the Windows IIS FTP Service, download and setup/use
FileZilla Server - it's free, and it's not bound to users that are part
of Windows Authentication, has many better features, and it's a real FTP
Server.

Ok, thanks for that information. So basically, if I want to test the
outside ip address, I cannot do it from within my network, it must be from
an outside pc?
I will try this FileZilla program, thanks for the heads up on it.