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by kingofthenerds

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FTP Won't Work
Hello,
I have a windows 2000 server running ISA
Server and i am trying to ftp anything outside of
my network.

I have tried multiple FTP sites but have had no
luck. As far as i know i have opened port 21 to
allow access to outbound FTP access.

Still i have had no luck trying to FTP any site.

Please help, i have an ADSL connection
directly into my W2k ISA Server.

Please give me some advice,

For instance at the moment i am trying to ftp the
address ftp://users.bigpond.com.au/

This is a test ftp address but i get the following message
The FTP folder "as above" is read only because the
proxy server is not set up to allow full acess.

To move, paste, rename or delete files you must use a
different proxy. (with a close button)

when i click close it simply sends me to a "this website
can't be found' page
The message on the page is ' the web site you are
looking for is unavailable due to its identification
configuration settings.

11004 - Host not found
Internet security and Acceleration Server

I have an ISA server and have followed steps
from an ISA site on how to setup port 21 to
allow outbond access. But that is all.

I only want to access any ftp account out of my
network. Using a pc in my network, type in
ftp://users.bigpond.com.au in my IE browser
and for it to display a folder.

At the moment it doesn't, i don't want to setup
an FTP server on my end, just access one on
another end. Forget the fact of adding rights to
the FTP server because the FTP address
above can be accessed by everyone, except
me.

Please help, as i said, all i have open is port
21. This is my network layout:
internet>adsl router>ISA
server>switch>network
I have check the adsl router and nothing is
being blocked.

Help me please

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by cg it

well I can't access ftp://users.bigpond.com.au either. The domain name [host name]can not be resolved which is a DNS issue [unless that ftp site is bogus.

If all you want to do is access ftp on someone elses network and you can't theress nothing you can do on your end. It's their problem.

by kingofthenerds

That was an example, i currently can't access any
outside ftp sites. Can someone give me some test sites
that i can try and ftp.

by dmead74

I have a friend who has tried to access my Win2K hosted FTP site from his university account. He gets the same message as you report. I also get the same message when I try to ftp to my own server from behind my work proxy. The problem is not the firewall port but the proxy server. If your proxy is set up to only handle HTTP then FTP sites will not be able to talk to your browser. IE will generate that message as a result. You need to configure ISA to proxy FTP traffic as well or provide a direct connection to the net for FTP traffic bypassing your proxy server.

by kingofthenerds

"The problem is not the firewall port but the proxy server. If your proxy is set up to only handle HTTP then FTP sites will not be able to talk to your browser"

In relation to this comment how do i setup the ISA server to handle FTP sites as well as HTTP, i have already open the FTP port 21 for outbound traffic, are you telling me that there is an area to setup the ISA server to look after ftp traffic which is different to just opening the port and if so how do i do this?

by cg it

note: install the ISA server firewall client program on client computers if you haven't already done so.

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