Re: Accessing a local FTP Site behind a router on the internet

From: David (davidwnh_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 05/31/03 

Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 14:27:04 GMT

Since FTP needs help when dealing with NAT, I would guess that the router
has its FTP filter written so that it will only allow access to internal FTP
servers that are listening on the standard FTP port.

> I have set up a FTP Server Software (serv-u) to access some of my mp3
files.
> I use a Dlink-604 Router and in the application menu of this device, i
have
> an option called Virtual Server FTP that i enabled with a private ip
defined
> as 192.168.0.101 and a public port set as 5013 (i used the standard public
> ftp port before (21)).
>
> With Internet Explorer i can access my files when i type the local adress
> like this ftp://192.168.101:5013 and the ftp server redirect me to my mp3
> files directory.
>
> But my question his : How i can access my ftp site from the internet ? I
> tried to use the adress given by my internet access service, like
> 64.228.82.101 for example, and it don't work at all. I tried
> ftp://64.228.82.101 , ftp://64.228.82.101:5013 ,
> ftp://64.882.82.101/192.168.0.101:5013 , etc, etc, etc and it never work,
i
> always have a page telling me that i can access the folder.... or the site
> ... or .... . It drive me crazy !!

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