Ok, I really just have a problem. Surely just something I’m missing.
I have Vista.
IIS6 FTP server up and running
-all default
Port 21 forwarded according to admin page of router, and a HTTP port checker.
All my other programs work properly, including games, bittorrent, utorrent finds it’s forwarded port.
No problems connecting to anything else
The firewall is allowing ftp, and nothing changes even when I turn the firewall off.
FTP services are on.
I can connect via LAN, but not WAN.
most often that’s just a symptom of not having your ports forwarded, or a nat/napt routing.
I really don’t know what I’m missing, but it just will not connect outside the lan.
I’ve tried almost every configuration of the router, and nothing changes.
The request for port 21 goes through my router, but the connection is still refused. I haven’t even gotten to the login dialog. it just will not connect to the ftp server.
from the LAN side everything is fine. the server runs just like it’s supposed to. I’m not having any issues with permissions as far as I know.
it just seems like something isn’t making it from the router to my comp.
My ISP does not block any ports. …changing the FTP server TCP port and router forwarded ports does nothing diffrent. still just get a refused connection.
However, every fewtimes you type my external ip the title bar of the browser will start to display “FTP root at….” but then just refuse.
dunno what’s goin on, but I’ve searched the net for hours, and none of the normal problems seem to fix mine
I suppose if you need it, I’m using Windstream DSL with a siemens speedstream 4200.
Thanks
-Dan