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Unable to ftp from outside of the network. Went through all of the port forwarding setup. Still can't connect.
I have a D-Link DIR-625 router that I am trying to ftp to from outside of the network. Unable to connect. Works fine if I try to connect using a PC connected to the same wireless network.
The router is working correctly, i.e., as a "firewall", to prevent "unsolicited" TCP/IP traffic from the Internet from going "through" the router to any computer on your "local" network (wired & wireless computers).
If you want to allow "outsiders" to use FTP to connect to one of your computers, you need to connect from one of your "local" computers to the router's web-interface, and configure the router to do "port-forwarding", so that all "unsolicited-incoming" FTP-related traffic is "forwarded" to the FTP-server on one specific "local" computer.
The router is working correctly, i.e., as a "firewall", to prevent "unsolicited" TCP/IP traffic from the Internet from going "through" the router to any computer on your "local" network (wired & wireless computers).
If you want to allow "outsiders" to use FTP to connect to one of your computers, you need to connect from one of your "local" computers to the router's web-interface, and configure the router to do "port-forwarding", so that all "unsolicited-incoming" FTP-related traffic is "forwarded" to the FTP-server on one specific "local" computer.
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Re: unable to ftp from outside of the network. Went...
You need to setup a Port Forwarding / Virtual Server (FTP) in the router to forward port 21 (FTP default) to your FTP server's FTP port. You may need to setup a reserved IP address for the FTP server first in the router before the option comes up.
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Normally the Router does the Port forwarding as below, try this, Prepare the Router as this stage differs from one router to another. We will give you a general idea and you should refer to the manual of your router for confirmation.
Go to the administration interface of the router by typing its IP address in the web browser (for example 192.168.1.1)
Enter Login and Password
In the page that comes up, search for Port Forwarding.
Then add following data:
Name: Give it a unique name like Remote Desktop
External Port: 3389 or whatever
Internal Port: 3389 or whatever
Destination IP address/server: Enter the IP address of the computer as defined in step 1 (e.g. 192.168.1.99)
If necessary punch through the firewall too, on those same ports.
Does your modem has a NAT too? if not then upgrade the firmware of the router that usually fix the problem, if not then ask your ISP and see if they are blocking the ports. have you tried connection without the router to see if that will work?
check the ip address of your router, you should do fowarding on the settings of your router. You should open a port number not the same with an application on your computer. If we have counter strike which has a 1809 port number, then you shouldnt use that port number because its being used by counter strike.
If your laptop has a wireless capability you should be able to connect to the wireless network of your router, just view the available wireless network select the wireless name of your router and connected to it if it already say connected try to disconnect the ethernet cable from your laptop and access the internet wirelessly..........
Sometimes the security settings will only let certain MAC addresses connect to the network as well as the password protection. Make certain that yours isn't filtering out MAC addresses.
The router is working correctly, i.e., as a "firewall", to prevent "unsolicited" TCP/IP traffic from the Internet from going "through" the router to any computer on your "local" network (wired & wireless computers).
If you want to allow "outsiders" to use FTP to connect to one of your computers, you need to connect from one of your "local" computers to the router's web-interface, and configure the router to do "port-forwarding", so that all "unsolicited-incoming" FTP-related traffic is "forwarded" to the FTP-server on one specific "local" computer.
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