On Sunday, December 1, 2002, at 01:06 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > I have allowed FTP access in the "Sharing" preferences panel. I have > not changed any of the "Firewall" or "Internet" settings in that > panel.
I assume you did look to make sure the firewall is allowing access to port 21. > I have made note of the WAN IP address from the Linksys's "Status" > panel so that a remote user can enter that address when trying to gain > FTP access. You should really look at the free services at www.DynDNS.org so you don't have to keep track of the dynamic WAN IP. I've been using DynDNS for a couple of years, and it works great. > I am able to gain FTP access to this computer from another computer on > the LAN. Okay... That answers my first question about the firewall. > I am unable to gain FTP access from a remote computer. Using the FTP > program "Anarchie" on the remote computer, I attempt to "Get listing". > I have tried entering the following addresses in the FTP program's > "Address" box: > > The WAN IP address by itself > The WAN address followed by ":21" > The WAN address followed by "/192.168.1.xx" (where xx is the number I > assigned manually to the computer) > I have entered the user name and password in the appropriate boxes. The first one is the one that should work. Check the Anarchie settings and change away from passive ftp, if it's set that way. I don't use Anarchie, but your setup is almost exactly the same one that works for me. The major difference is that I'm using a NetGear router. Both ftp (port 21) and Appleshare/IP (port 548) work fine from outside. -- Lee Larson, Mathematics Department, University of Louisville Phone: 502-852-6826 FAX: 502-852-7132 The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
