Not able to connect to myself through Internet

[Georges Heinesch]

Hi.

I'm dialing in via DSL. I receive my IP adrress (e.g. 121.232.11.22)
from the ISP. Now, I would like to transfer a file from my own (locally
installed) FTP server to myself. When entering 121.232.11.22 as address,
I get a connect and I log in. However when transferring the file, it's
done via the localhost (127.0.0.1) at a tremendous speed (which is normal).

How can I force my FTP client to use the Internet as route and not the
localhost?

TIA

 

[Georges Heinesch]

If both connections are on the LAN side of the DSL modem, you can't.
You need to have a separate connection to the Internet.

Both connections are on the same NIC. The DSL modem is connected to the
switch. Does this answer your question?

From a command line, do a "netstat -nr" or "route print" to see how your
computer reaches the WAN address.

I send you my netstat -nr via e-mail. So you can tell me if there's
something wrong.

If you know someone external to you running a telnet server, you could
log onto that machine through the Internet, then connect from it to your
FTP server. In that case you'd be using their FTP client, not yours.

Ahhh ... that might be a solution. Going to try that one.
Thanks.

 

[Georges Heinesch]

If you know someone external to you running a telnet server, you could
log onto that machine through the Internet, then connect from it to your
FTP server. In that case you'd be using their FTP client, not yours.

I managed to log into my ISP's server and initiated a download from
there. It worked fine! Thanks for the hint!!!