On Thursday 25 April 2002 20:43, you wrote:
> I'm trying to ftp into my tower from my laptop (so I can drop off some
> stuff - switching the system over to SuSE 8.0 for a whirl). My tower
> currently has FTP open but I still can't get through to it from the
> laptop. I can ping, telnet, ssh, scp, blah blah blah. Nevertheless, I
> can't get through to the tower. This is what gFTP outputs:
>
> Looking up 192.168.1.101
> Trying 192.168.1.101:21
> Connected to 192.168.1.101:21
> <foot note> after about 5 seconds</foot note>
> Disconnecting from site 192.168.1.101
> Waiting 30 seconds until trying to connect again
>
> Is the router stopping this by any chance? Is there something inherently
> wrong with my Drake system? Will Rocky be able to get to Bullwinkle in
> time to save him from the dastardly Boris and Natasha?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gnorb
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Gnorb, BTDT
The issue is (probably) passive FTP.
Here's the change to make to the Linksys router:
http://192.168.1.1 / advanced / forwarding
set a block of service port addresses (5-10,000 will suffice) in some high
range such as 35355-45355 or whatever floats your boat.
Both
192.168.1.xxx <-- address of your ftp server machine
In passive FTP, the client calls to the server and then they negotiate a
return route by which the server will call to the client (using that block of
port addresses). If they can't do that, you get that 30 second timeout
HTH,
Bill
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