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Can any one help, PLEASE..........................
>-----Original Message-----
>Well dude, on Cox HSI my answer is right. They block
inbound 21, so no
>amount of redirecting on the router will solve that
problem. I presented it
>as a possibility, so don't be so quick to yell I'm wrong.
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><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:0eb901c4fcb5$cb242400$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>I am affraid your answer is wrong, my server works fine
>> with a DLink 614+, here is what I came up with, when any
>> one try to log my the ftp server, he gets connected to
the
>> router Management Tool Login prompt, The router login
>> prompt is happening because the router has a web based
>> configuration and is listening on port 80. I need to
>> change the port that the configuration is listening on
and
>> then forward port 80 to the proper IP internal IP
address
>> of my web server, also, when I am on the same network as
>> the FTP server and getting the error, most likely the
>> router is not configured or does not support NAT
>> loopback. This means the router is not configured or
does
>> not support allowing a local connection to go external
and
>> then back internal.
>> I was told to configure the local HOST file on each PC
to
>> direct requests for the domain to the local IP address
of
>> the ftp server. The HOST file is located on each PC
under
>> C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\Drivers\etc and can be opened with a
>> plain text editor, such as Notepad. I tried doing so,
but
>> I got stuck, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>a lot of ISPs (like Cox HSI) filter port 21, so you'll
>>>never be able to get an ftp server online with port 21.
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>I am trying to run an ftp server on my machine, I added
>>>>the Persistent Port Forwarding for the ftp server with
>>>>inpound ports set 21-21, private ip is set to the
>>>machine
>>>>that is running the server, and private ports set 21-
21,
>>>>still can't access the server, I can log to it fine,
but
>>>I
>>>>can't list directory, I beleive it's a NAT problem, any
>>>>body know a fix to this problem?
>>>>.
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