| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 66835 | 2006-03-08 10:16:00 | FTP Help Please | DarkBlade4 (9892) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 436652 | 2006-03-12 02:55:00 | It'll be fine. I've been running an insecure ftp server for ages & I haven't been "owned" - I even posted the address in a few public forums. Security through obscurity should be enough to save you. A dynamic IP can be a pain in the ass, but it means your ftp server will be more secure. | Greven (91) | ||
| 436653 | 2006-03-12 03:12:00 | ok, i've set my NAPT settings to 10.0.0.1. When my friend tries to connect it just says he was connected but then it says the connection was closed by the remote host. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436654 | 2006-03-12 04:30:00 | ok, i've set my NAPT settings to 10.0.0.1. When my friend tries to connect it just says he was connected but then it says the connection was closed by the remote host. I wouldn't worry about it as long as he can still download stuff you have on the server. Some ftp servers don't like web browsers - I use guildftpd because it is quick & easy to set up, but it doesn't work very well with any browser other than Internet Explorer. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 436655 | 2006-03-12 05:32:00 | But he can't do anything, it says the two messages one after the other. He can't even browse or download. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436656 | 2006-03-13 09:39:00 | You don't want to switch to what I believe a much better FTP server? Filezilla FTP Server (their client is good too)... http://filezilla.sf.net/ It's free and open source. I think Linux is easier for setting up FTP than on Windows, though I didn't have much trouble doing it on Windows either, but I do suggest Filezilla for Windows, easy to use and I think it has automatic IP detection, though I haven't used it in a long time, so I'm not sure about that. On your router, you have to setup port forwarding/server, something along those lines. You must make sure that your computer IP 10.0.0.1 (is that correct by the way? That's not the router is it?) And that TCP is allowed on port 21, also might pay to enable port 20. You'll then have to make sure that your firewall doesn't interfere. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 436657 | 2006-03-13 09:48:00 | why does the ftp server need to know your ip address? it just takes all data going to the port it is running on. the server I use (guildftpd) doesn't need to know your IP address. He has repeated his ip addresses enough times in this thread that I believe that the IP addresses are correct & his router has some very unusual default settings. it would make these sort of things easier if all consumer grade modems/routers standardised their default settings. I've seen most default to 192.168.1.1, some to 10.0.0.1, the free xtra ones default to 10.1.1.1 if I recall correctly & now I've found one that doesn't even default to *.*.*.1. There was one other router one of my friends had that defaulted to another IP, but I can't remember the brand or default IP address. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 436658 | 2006-03-14 08:53:00 | My router's address is 10.0.0.138 . I'm not setting the ip in my FTP server it just has an option that says "What is my ip?" and when I click it, it says 127.0.0.1 or 10.0.0.1 After I set my NAPT setting to 10.0.0.1 for inside address and ports to 21 my friend still couldn't connect. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 436659 | 2006-03-14 09:27:00 | Did your friend try a few differnt ftp clients? your server might just be a bit fussy | Greven (91) | ||
| 436660 | 2006-03-14 10:19:00 | To answer Greven, Unless you setup your computer's FTP to listen to all connections to port 21, then there's no need, but you can make your FTP listen off certain IPs as to limit who can connect to you, e.g. if you set it up for your localhost IP 127.0.0.1 then only from your computer could you connect to it, no point really other than testing, but in cases where you run multiple NICs connected to different networks, you may only want to allow certain groups to connect to your FTP. You wouldn't mind posting your FTP logs? Have you tried connecting to your FTP too? did it work. What is your router? Because of that IP, I'm wondering whether it's an ethernet connection, or you're using a USB Modem. I know I came into this thread too late, but there's just so much information to sift through, so I do apologise for any repeats. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 436661 | 2006-03-15 09:28:00 | I could connect to my own FTP but that's about it. I have an Alcatel Speedtouh 530 and it's connected using USB. Using the ipconfig /all command I get 10.0.0.1 . I set my router NAPT settings to port 21 inside and outside, the inside ip to 10.0.0.138 (i tried 10.0.0.1 as well) and outside to 0.0.0.0 and my friend still couldn't get it to work. I'll ask my friend to use a different FTP client to connect, he was using IE before. | DarkBlade4 (9892) | ||
| 1 2 3 4 5 | |||||