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| 436622 | 2006-03-08 10:16:00 | Hi, I am trying to setup my computer so it's an FTP server. I have used many different programs and right now I am using Quick 'n Easy Ftp Server Lite 3.0. I only need it for transfering files with a few different users. On my own computer I try and log on to it like this: ftp> open 10.0.0.1 . It then comes up with User which I put in. This all works fine but when I try to use my IP address instead of 10.0.0.1 it doesn't. It says for me to input my user name. I do that and then it says 'no password required' when in my program I did put passwords. I then try the 'dir' command and it just comes up with Permission Denied. Can anyone please help, I really want to set this up. |
DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436623 | 2006-03-08 10:36:00 | 10.0.0.1 is a private address read this (www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com) Is the server setup to use your external ip address (i.e. not 10.0.0.1) correctly? read this too (www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com) And read this (www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com) Post log file... |
gibler (49) | ||
| 436624 | 2006-03-08 11:51:00 | I followed the guides on port forward. The FTP server now works but I cannot access the internet (ie, web browsing) when I make my ip address use one I specified. Also, when I did the ipconfig /all command it says my ip is 10.0.0.1 but that does change when I make it one I specified. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436625 | 2006-03-08 12:43:00 | OK. When I try to log on to my own ftp on my own computer it works but when someone else tries it doesn't - This is when i make my computer use a specific IP address(the internet doesn't work when I do this either) . When I was doing the portforwarding thing and it told me to type in 'ipconfig /all' the ipaddress that came up was 10.0.0.1 . In my FTP server program it says my IP is 127.0.0.1 (which is also local host). What do I put in because the instrucions in the portforwarding thing says to get it from ipconfig /all command but it comes up with 10.0.0.1 ? | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436626 | 2006-03-08 23:07:00 | Very often when you have a server accessible to the outside world, you can't use the "outside" address to access it from the machine it's running on . This might not be the trouble . That's more likely to lie in the "ip address I specified" . The Internet is fussy about this . You can't specify an Internet address yourself and hope to have it work . You have to have one allocated to you . You can't access the Internet when you do ir yourself because your ISP won't connect you to the Internet using an IP address you specified . You can give yourself any IP address in the 192 . 160 . x . x and 10 . y . y . y ranges for use in a LAN because they are non-routable . They don't get onto the Internet . The 10 . 0 . 0 . 1 might be the default address of your ADSL modem and/or router . That's the gateway address your computer uses . The external IP address is probably dynamically allocated by your ISP . I fear that you might have security problems if you do manage to get this server working externally . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 436627 | 2006-03-08 23:40:00 | What Graham says is correct. Contact your isp and get a static IP. Then set up a firewall in conjunction with your ADSL router. Open the FTP ports, and whatever other ports you need. Set your FTP program up,if needed, to the static IP assigned to you by your ISP. You will also need to change the connection settings in your ADSL router to the new static ip. // Impavidus |
impavidus (9940) | ||
| 436628 | 2006-03-08 23:41:00 | I found it best to test an FTP server by using dialup. That way you get a different IP address to that using ADSL, then you can get into it from outside so to speak. But of course that means having 2 computers, and you also have to open port 21. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 436629 | 2006-03-08 23:51:00 | Try using the program Hamachi (http://www.hamachi.cc/) You get assigned and address very much like an ip address which you use to connect to. Oh and it also works well on ADSL for gaming :thumbs: |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 436630 | 2006-03-09 00:13:00 | what router are you using? You will have to open oprt 21 on your software firewall, then go to your router config page (is 10.0.0.1 the address of the router or your computer? That is a common IP address for a router to use) & tell it to forward everything going to port 21 to your computer's IP address. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 436631 | 2006-03-09 00:18:00 | I don't have any firewall software. Where do I find my real IP address? I did use www.whatismyip.com and it came up with an IP address that I used for the port forwarding and it still didn't work. How do I forward everything coming to port 21 to my ip? If I do get this FTP server running what security issue's will I face? I will use the server just with friends so will it still pose a risk from outside hackers? | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
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