setting up an FTP site on SBS 2008
I asked a question about this a few weeks ago, but it's not quite right yet.
If I use the Dos FTP command, I can access this ftp site prefectly. But in Windows Explorer, or Internet Explorer I get this error:
An error occured opening that folder on the FTP Server, Make sure you have permission to access that folder. Details
200 Type set to A
227 Entering Passive Mode
I can get around this by configuring Internet Explorer not to use Passive Mode, but I need to have this so that non-technical people can access the site without changing their Internet settings.
I assume that i'm having this problem because I need to open a passive port range in the server's Windows Firewall. To open port 21 I used this command:
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="FTP (non-SSL)" action=allow protocol=TCP dir=in localport=21
I read also that to allow passive connections, i should enter this command:
netsh advfirewall set global StatefulFtp enable
Obviously I have done something incorrectly because I still cannot use passive connections. Help please?
If I use the Dos FTP command, I can access this ftp site prefectly. But in Windows Explorer, or Internet Explorer I get this error:
An error occured opening that folder on the FTP Server, Make sure you have permission to access that folder. Details
200 Type set to A
227 Entering Passive Mode
I can get around this by configuring Internet Explorer not to use Passive Mode, but I need to have this so that non-technical people can access the site without changing their Internet settings.
I assume that i'm having this problem because I need to open a passive port range in the server's Windows Firewall. To open port 21 I used this command:
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="FTP (non-SSL)" action=allow protocol=TCP dir=in localport=21
I read also that to allow passive connections, i should enter this command:
netsh advfirewall set global StatefulFtp enable
Obviously I have done something incorrectly because I still cannot use passive connections. Help please?
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I disabled the Windows Firewall on the SBS2008 box and I still have the same problem even when connecting from inside the local network. So i'm really stumped now.
ASKER
Ok i've fixed it.
In IIS7, when I select the Server Node, it gives me a lot of icons for configuring various features. One of these is 'FTP Firewall Support'. When I open that up, it allows me to configure a Port Range and the External IP Address of the firewall.
The IP address in there was the external IP address of my router. I decided to change this to the Internal IP address of the SBS box, and that fixed it. It's working now. I can get passive connections internally and externally.
I think maybe I put the address in there when I started trying to fix this. After all it was asking for the External Address of the firewall. I thought it was referring to to router firewall.
I'll award the points to your initial reply so I can close the question.
Thanks for your input
Ian
In IIS7, when I select the Server Node, it gives me a lot of icons for configuring various features. One of these is 'FTP Firewall Support'. When I open that up, it allows me to configure a Port Range and the External IP Address of the firewall.
The IP address in there was the external IP address of my router. I decided to change this to the Internal IP address of the SBS box, and that fixed it. It's working now. I can get passive connections internally and externally.
I think maybe I put the address in there when I started trying to fix this. After all it was asking for the External Address of the firewall. I thought it was referring to to router firewall.
I'll award the points to your initial reply so I can close the question.
Thanks for your input
Ian
ASKER
I feel that i've ruled out the edge firewall because this problem also occurs when I try to access the ftp server on the local network, and by using the the internal name of the ftp server. So the edge firewall is not in play.
I believe that the SBS Server has the only firewall which is affecting this.
Ian