Internet ftp access into my XP machine

[__spc__]

Hi,

I have enabled ftp port forwarding on my WRT54G (v2 f/w 4.20.7) router to
allow ftp access from the internet side to one of the PCs on my WLAN (which
acts as a file server).

When I ftp to the address II am unable to access the machine. What do I
need to do on this XP-Home SP2 machine to enable it to respond with
something other than access denied?

Many thanks - __spc__

 

[Quaoar]

Hi,

I have enabled ftp port forwarding on my WRT54G (v2 f/w 4.20.7)
router to allow ftp access from the internet side to one of the PCs
on my WLAN (which acts as a file server).

When I ftp to the address II am unable to access the machine. What
do I need to do on this XP-Home SP2 machine to enable it to respond
with something other than access denied?

Many thanks - __spc__

What address are you using? The LAN IP address of the FTP server won't
work; it will have to be the WAN IP address of the router at the port
that is designated: 123.456.wx.yz:abcd where 123.456.wx.yz is the WAN
IP of the router, and abcd is the port number that is being forwarded to
the server LAN IP address.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Is the "file server" running an FTP server? Windows XP does not come with
an FTP server, only an FTP client.

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