Re: ftp server not accessable from LAN

Do you have a software firewall on the computer that you are running
the FTP server on?

When I was running a FTP server I had a few things I had to do in order
to connect on both my intranet and from the internet -

First - for outside connections coming in - I had my router close all
but port 21 on my static IP (those who connected to me would only use
port 21 and not both 21 and 20).

Second - I set up advanced rules with my Sygate Firewall to allow
incomming communication on port 21 for my FTP server, as well as
outgoing (there is another thread that talks about FTP server that
there is some really good advanced rules mentioned).

Third - I used a security policy or setting in the FTP server itself in
order to allow communication or access to specific internet IP's and
through out my internal network. - I had a few select associates from
around the globe that were allowed connection/access to my server thus
I would use Specific "Allow only these IP addresses" rules with the
server.

On the internal and external connection I have no idea how your network
is setup but I assume that you are able to have communication between
the computers, if your not... this would probably be the source of the
error.

Make sure that your IP scheme has the computer that the FTP server on
the same Subnet Mask as the computers connecting to it internally, if
they are not they cannot see one another and you wont be able to
connect. Another thing is to check to see if your router has a
configurable firewall that may be blocking communication through your
intranet.

Just some thoughts ~

Good luck

Demon
Received on Thu Sep 29 19:53:12 2005