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Taz -> anyone up on modem/router issues with FTP server from home? (11/23/2004 16:48:45)

having major issues running my home ftp set up like I have used in the past.

Anyone good for helping an FTP/server idiot walk through the less tech talk stages so he can get it running again so his community can continue passing art projects between themselves?
(Using MSN & Other means is sometimes difficult or impossible for some members, so I set up my PC as an FTP server while staying with friends.)

When I return home I was with a new provider & with a new all in one modem router & I am struggling to tweak the settings right so I can get the FTP switched back on for my people. =/

Not sure if it is either windows related (I have XP Pro)
Modem/Router dealio (It's an ASDL 205 voyager)
Or firewall/XP issue. (I have McAfee suite Firewall/AV protection.)

Using http://www.whatismyip.com/ I am being told one thing, while my PC is not having that addy when I give it to the ftp server in the usual config things, so now I am stumped. I bumbled my way through it so it worked last time, this time I ain't so lucky.

So anyone good with this stuff & good at working a novice through it?



rdouglass -> RE: anyone up on modem/router issues with FTP server from home? (12/1/2004 13:18:35)

Not familiar with that specific router but if you're router uses NAT (network address translation), you'll have to build a NAT entry to allow 'stuff' from the outside to go thru the firewall.

Other routers may use a 'virtual server' type of arrangement or maybe even a 'pass thru' address to allow access to the system inside your firewall. Some you may have to open the individual ports.

If you have not changed your PC, then the issue is probably in the router. There should be some documentation or a help link somewhere. (Bummer, gotta' crack the manual![:'(][:D])

Sorry, I can't help much more - I work normally either on Cisco routers that use NAT's or sometimes D-Link and they use 'virtual servers'.

EDIT. The IP address being reported is probably not your PC address but your router's addy.



Taz -> RE: anyone up on modem/router issues with FTP server from home? (12/1/2004 14:07:28)

Thanks for the response, turns out I need to ring the old ISP & go through the set up with them, for which I am waiting till I can deal with the idea of spending a few hours on the phone with Customer Services. [image]http://ganjataz.com/Forum/images/smiles/shake.gif[/image]



bobby -> RE: anyone up on modem/router issues with FTP server from home? (12/1/2004 14:24:40)

Hopefully they speak English... or some close variation...

[:)]



TomH -> RE: anyone up on modem/router issues with FTP server from home? (1/27/2005 12:56:48)

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Using http://www.whatismyip.com/ I am being told one thing, while my PC is not having that addy


One IP address on your PC with another IP address on your router is normal. The PC does not change while the router address can be static or not.

Now that I have completely confused you...

Call your ISP and find out if they assign a permanent IP or a 'changing' IP (that's the one that leads to your router). Once they can find your router all you should need to do is 'allow' them access via your firewall permit/block function. Some ISP's can assign a permanent IP. Either way your friends need the router IP, not the computer's IP.

I hope this helped instead of making things worse.

Tom
"Always tell the truth, it will gratify some of the people and astonish the rest"



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