On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Nick Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like some clarifications on the FTP troubleshooting page. > > It states: > 2. If you have a restrictive ruleset or are utilizing policy based > routing for multiple-wans then ensure that you have permitted traffic > to 127.0.0.1 / ports 8000-8030. IE: allow LAN subnet to 127.0.0.1 > 8000-8030. This rule should be on top of all other LAN rules that > utilize policy based routing. > > What does this mean exactly? > Make a rule, select LAN Subnet as the source to destination 127.0.0.1 > for ports 8000-8030? > > Would this be created under the LAN tab?
Yes, the rule should be created on the LAN tab. > What if my client also used ports 7950-8079 as well? > Would i edit the rule to allow all the ports instead? Doesn't matter - this rule is only to make sure that you LAN hosts can access the FTP helper. > do i need to make rules from the lan subnet for each IP address i need > to ftp to? No, you only need rules for the LAN subnets you want to be able to FTP from, not to. > Also, do i need to do port forwarding for those ports as well? No. -Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
