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by jostrowsky

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Greetings,

This may be easy, but I have tried for hours and cannot figure out my problem. I'm trying to get a FTP Server set up via Windows 2000 Pro and I am behind a simple Belkin Router. I cannot get it to work. Any ideas? I'm offering manypoints :)

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by maxwell edison

Have you registered your static IP as a DNS server and open port 21 for FTP and 53 for DNS on your firewall?

by jostrowsky

That didn't help. I am using Windows 2000 Pro. Can't I use the FTP option with Windows 2000 Pro and become a FTP server, or will I need Windows Server? Again, this is all behind a 4-port Cable / DSL Gateway Router by Belkin. Any help?

by jostrowsky

In Windows 2000 Pro one can add The IIS server which includes a FTP sevice. Shouldn't I be able to configure this FTP service so that others from the internet can download files from my intranet? Thanks!

by ewgny

Windows 2000 Pro will allow 10 concurrent conections, so it will work well for a low volume ftp sever. I am not familiar with the Belkin, however you should be able to use a port forwarding feature to forward incoming port 21 to the IP address of your win2kpro box running FTP

by ewgny

It looks like you should be able to configure it under you security/virtual server settings from within your router

by jostrowsky

The router doesn't have a security/virtual server setting. It does have a setting called DMZ which puts the client with the FTP sever on the outside of the router/proxy.

by johnmiles_98

This may not be a complete solution, however... you may have to setup the FTP server in the DMZ of the Router.. So the real IP of the server can access to the Internet for request's

by jostrowsky

This sounds close but confusing. You say to setup the FTP Server in the DMZ. I guessing you mean the intranet ip of that client. I have done that and I'm still not able to get anything.

I am able to ping my outside IP address, but notthe FTP Server in my network using that IP address.

If my IP was 192.168.1.2 and my sever name was Sprint, should I be able to get to it by typing ftp://192.168.1.2/Sprint in the browser?

by kmcniff

After you have set the DMZ for port 21 to the IP address for the system running the FTP server service (192.168.1.23) try the following.
If you are trying to access the FTP server from the public Internet side, then the IP adderss of the server will be the public IP address on the WAN port of your router. If the IP address of the WAN port on your router is 12.132.34.173 then to access this from the Internet you would type:
ftp
open 12.132.34.173

Or from a browser FTP://12.132.34.173

If you use the public IP address of the router then DNS is not an issue. DNS would only be the issue if you were trying to access the FTP server by NAME. Use the IP address and DNS is not needed.

by kmcniff

After you have set the DMZ for port 21 to the IP address for the system running the FTP server service (192.168.1.23) try the following.
If you are trying to access the FTP server from the public Internet side, then the IP adderss of the server will be the public IP address on the WAN port of your router. If the IP address of the WAN port on your router is 12.132.34.173 then to access this from the Internet you would type:
ftp
open 12.132.34.173

Or from a browser FTP://12.132.34.173

If you use the public IP address of the router then DNS is not an issue. DNS would only be the issue if you were trying to access the FTP server by NAME. Use the IP address and DNS is not needed.

by pokhylchenko

It is amazing that so many people have tried to answer this question and NOBODY suggested passive mode :))) Even if it is not the couse of trouble, when we talk about FTP and firewall, and anything seems wrong, first thing to try is passive FTP mode, and try to ajust corresponding settings on the firewalls/routers. Hope it helps ;)

by kenderkn

hi,

so to add my 2 cents....

in belkin router there should be a port forwarding or pinhole setup.

SETTING UP A YOUR COMPUTER IN THE DMZ IS A BAD IDEA. IT OPENS YOUR ENTIRE COMPOUTER TO THE INTERNET AND UNLESS PROPERLY SECURED CAN LEAD TO EASY HACKING

having said that. go to www.dyndns.org and register your very own dynamic dns. you will have to install a client (available on their website) and basically it will update the dns tables to reflect a path to your pc. this way you can get to your pc by typing my-dyndnsname.dyndns.org or something similar. look on the belkin website for pinholing or port forwarding to get the other part done.

hope this helps. email ne questions

kenderkin

by alpha-male

It's been a while since I looked at a Belkin Router, but what you need to do is set up port forwarding for the ftp ports in use (generally 21, but you may use more). As I recall, this is set up under the Virtual Server and Special Application Port settings on the Belkin configuration menus. You'll need to check your manual for specifics.

Good luck!

by abubin

Yes, port forwarding is the key to solving your problem. Just go to your router and forward port 21 (or whatever port you are using for your ftp server) to your win2k pro. That means whenever people try to connect to your WAN ip (or dns if you have registered your dns) with port 21, it will forward them all to your win2kpro ftp server.

For internal usage, just point the ip to your internal ip or your internal name of your win2kpro.

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