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Author Cannot connect to FTP site from outside LAN
David

2004-02-01, 3:34 am

I successfully setup an FTP site on our Windows 2000 server and can access
it from our LAN through IE using ftp://192.168.0.100. I would like to be
able to access it from the WAN via ftp://10.20.30.40 for example.

Here's a little setup info:

We are running Winroute as a firewall on a Win98 machine. All traffic that
needs to go to the server, terminal services for instance, is mapped through
the correct port and directed to the server internal IP address
(192.168.0.100). I have added port mappings on the firewall to map port 21
and even port 20 to the server and have even tried this without any packet
filters. I still cannot connect to the ftp site from the outside. I get a
message saying "Windows cannot access this folder.....A connection with the
server could not be established."

Is this type of setup possible? If so, anyone have any idea what I'm doing
wrong?

Thanks for any input,

-David


Paul Lynch

2004-02-02, 2:36 am

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:34:15 -0500, "David"
<nospamsupport@athleteprofile.net> wrote:
quote:

>I successfully setup an FTP site on our Windows 2000 server and can access
>it from our LAN through IE using ftp://192.168.0.100. I would like to be
>able to access it from the WAN via ftp://10.20.30.40 for example.
>
>Here's a little setup info:
>
>We are running Winroute as a firewall on a Win98 machine. All traffic that
>needs to go to the server, terminal services for instance, is mapped through
>the correct port and directed to the server internal IP address
>(192.168.0.100). I have added port mappings on the firewall to map port 21
>and even port 20 to the server and have even tried this without any packet
>filters. I still cannot connect to the ftp site from the outside. I get a
>message saying "Windows cannot access this folder.....A connection with the
>server could not be established."
>
>Is this type of setup possible? If so, anyone have any idea what I'm doing
>wrong?
>
>Thanks for any input,
>
>-David



David,

Try this KB article :

HOW TO: Configure Internet Explorer to Use Both the FTP PORT Mode and
PASV Mode in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309816

and look at the Common Problems Encountered With FTP section of this
KB article :

Information About the IIS File Transmission Protocol (FTP) Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=283679


Regards,

Paul Lynch
MCSE
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