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How to setup FTP Server on BT Internet Broadband with Dynamic IP

Hi,

I want to enable the FTP Server on my NAS box to do a couple of remote backups. I've done this before, the only real difference being that time my setup had a fixed IP. Right now I'm on a dynamic IP on BT Internet Broadband.

I know the IP address and have a DynDNS account to handle any time it changes and have port forwarding setup on my router to send FTP traffic to the NAS box.

Issue is that when I try to connect to the dynamic IP in an FTP client it can't find the server and times out.

I tried using the Windows command line and it appeared to connect with: ftp myalias.dyndns.net but I don't know what else to do with it as I don't know any of the commands or what to test for.

Can anyone start pointing me in the right direction?

Thanks

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The FTP Server doesn't have the option to disable passive FTP, only 'use default port range for passive' or 'user specified port range for passive'.

I am sure I have the correct port open on the router and traffic from this forwarded to the NAS Box.

Is there any way I can test if the router is configured correctly? I guess this is where the issue is as I can connect to the FTP Server no bother on the local network using the machine name of the NAS box as the host.

When I ping the dynamic IP address I'm on it responds immediately but when I try to connect with FTP it just times out. I would try to Telnet to the correct port on my IP address to see if it responds but don't know how.

Any further suggestions?

Thanks.

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