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| Thread ID: 66835 | 2006-03-08 10:16:00 | FTP Help Please | DarkBlade4 (9892) | Press F1 |
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| 436632 | 2006-03-09 00:32:00 | You most definitely need to add security features. The first would be to deny 'anonymous' ftp, and issue your friends with user ID's and passwords. Then you do absolutely need a software firewall so that all unauthorised port 21 probes can be rejected. When I have my ftp server running, which I have to every month in order to retain a 'dyndns.com' account, then if it's left running for a while, almost inevitably there will port probes, mostly from Asian countries. I've had as many as 20 odd over a few hours. I've got my server set up on a Win98 machine, which is only used infrequently anyway |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 436633 | 2006-03-09 00:56:00 | 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 your router is anything like mine, you won't need your internet IP address for port forwarding - only your LAN IP address. If you tell us what brand & model router you have, we can find a guide to help you set everything up properly. You won't be able to test it yourself once you have it set up - you will have to get one of your friends to go to ftp://youripaddress & see if they can get in. If you are running windows XP service pack 2, you will probably be running the windows firewall & I think that blocks ftp by default. go to windows firewall in the control pannel |
Greven (91) | ||
| 436634 | 2006-03-09 07:33:00 | I have windows 2000. What free firewall do you guys recommend? I have an Alcatel 530. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436635 | 2006-03-09 08:23:00 | I got hamachi and configured it, now I have another IP from it. I told my friend to try ftp>open ip address but it came up with an error saying 'number error' or something along those lines - this might be a one off situation because off his computer but it might also be the configuration I did. Also, when I use hamachi do I still need to port forward and change the NAPT settings in my router setting to my hamachi IP? | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436636 | 2006-03-09 08:25:00 | I would reccomend Kerio Personal Firewall. make your local IP address a static IP to make things easier. As for setting up port forwarding, I'm going off the manual at www.speedtouchdsl.com Go to your router config webpage, and go to napt under advanced. create a new napt entry with your local IP address: port 21 as the inside address, and unspecified: port 21 as the outside address Most people use their web browser as a ftp client, so get someone to test it with IE & firefox. Hamachi could complicate things. it will probably need it's own port forwarding rule, but once set up, you won't have to set up any more port forwarding rules for people on your vpn. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 436637 | 2006-03-09 08:34:00 | I can't find my local IP though. It just comes up with 10.0.0.1 when I use ipconfig /all command in CMD. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436638 | 2006-03-09 10:15:00 | The main problem I am having is finding my local ip address, using the ipconfig /all command it just comes up with 10.0.0.1(is this a valid local IP?). I need to know the local ip address so i can do the port forwarding setup. Then, once that is done i think the FTP server will work. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436639 | 2006-03-09 10:32:00 | I got hamachi and configured it, now I have another IP from it. I told my friend to try ftp>open ip address but it came up with an error saying 'number error' or something along those lines - this might be a one off situation because off his computer but it might also be the configuration I did. Also, when I use hamachi do I still need to port forward and change the NAPT settings in my router setting to my hamachi IP? BOTH computers must use Hamachi for it to work. Otherwise you'd end up pinging someone else. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 436640 | 2006-03-09 10:46:00 | I won't use hamachi then, all I think I need to do is find my local ip. Then i can continue the port forward process and then it should work, shouldn't it? How do I find my local ip when it always comes up as 10.0.0.1 with ipconfig? Using the ip I found at www.whatismyip.com doesn't work, my internet just turns off when I use that one. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436641 | 2006-03-09 20:09:00 | 10.0.0.1 is a valid local IP. what is the ip of your router just out of curiosity? | Greven (91) | ||
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