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That takes care of your passive mode FTP ports.
You still need to forward the connection port (usually 21) in the same
manner.
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Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
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"Gus Revolorio" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Jason,
> I don't know exactly how to do that. I thought I did but
> evidently is not workingTHis is what I enabled in
> Persistent Port Forwarding:
>
> Description: FTP Server
> Inbound Port: 2048-2148
> Type: TCP
> Private IP: xxx.xxx.x.10
> Private Port: 2048-2148
>
> Thanks again for your help, Gus
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You need one persistent port forward for your connection
> port (usually port
>>21)
>>You also need one persistent port forward for the
> passive mode ports (in
>>your case, ports 2048-2148)
>>
>>Any other configuration (specification of your WAN ip)
> will all be done at
>>your ftp server program.
>>
>>--
>>Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>>
>>Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>>
>>"Gus Revolorio" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
>>news:290701c4eabe$19b22e50$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I'm trying to start an FTP server but clients cannot
>>> connect to the server. I'm sure it has to do with port
>>> forwarding. Can anyone point me to where I can find
> step
>>> by step instructions? The software I'm using instructs
>>> to "configure the router so that it also route passive
>>> connections which are default on the 2048-2148 port
> range"
>>> Can anybody help me?
>>> TIA, Gus
>>
>>
>>.
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