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Setting up my PC as an FTP behind a ADSL Router Firewall
I have a Netgear DG834G adsl router.
I would like to set my PC up as an FTP server to allow certain files to be accessible over the internet.
What FTP software do i need?
- what settings do i use with this software? - what exact steps do i need to follow?
what settings need to be changed on the ADSL router - what exact steps do i need to follow?
say my external IP address (i.e the IP of the router) is 84.160.70.1 (these are random numbers by the way!)
and the internal IP address of my computer is 192.168.0.5.
with all this set up on my pc, would the person wishing to access these files simply type ftp://84.160.70.1 in their IE browser?
cheers
I would like to set my PC up as an FTP server to allow certain files to be accessible over the internet.
What FTP software do i need?
- what settings do i use with this software? - what exact steps do i need to follow?
what settings need to be changed on the ADSL router - what exact steps do i need to follow?
say my external IP address (i.e the IP of the router) is 84.160.70.1 (these are random numbers by the way!)
and the internal IP address of my computer is 192.168.0.5.
with all this set up on my pc, would the person wishing to access these files simply type ftp://84.160.70.1 in their IE browser?
cheers
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thanks for your reply, i'll give that a go and get back to you
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should i really be messing about with this ISS stuff? i'm on XP home.
I've got an evaluation copy of WS FTP server manager, i'm just not sure what settings to change etc?
I've got an evaluation copy of WS FTP server manager, i'm just not sure what settings to change etc?
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its the yourhost.dyndns.com thing im not sure of when it comes to the we ftp software?
first of all it asks me for the name for my host in the format of host.domain.top
would mine be host.84.160.70.1.com ?????? (with 84.160.70.1 being the dynamic ip for the router?)
then it asks me for an IP address for the host??
i think ive got the port forwarding correct on the firewall, just allow traffic on ports 21 and 20 for FTP.
i have it forwarding to 192.168.0.5 i.e my staic IP.
i dont mind that its dynamic i can always change the settigns.
first of all it asks me for the name for my host in the format of host.domain.top
would mine be host.84.160.70.1.com ?????? (with 84.160.70.1 being the dynamic ip for the router?)
then it asks me for an IP address for the host??
i think ive got the port forwarding correct on the firewall, just allow traffic on ports 21 and 20 for FTP.
i have it forwarding to 192.168.0.5 i.e my staic IP.
i dont mind that its dynamic i can always change the settigns.
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depending on your router/firewall, you may only have to tell it to forward port 21 with FTP. in some routers, you actually have to specify the service type (so you would specify port 21 runs TCP service, and then forward port 21 to 192.168.0.5)