How can I configure FTP Firewall Settings to point to my real IP?

DumNDuMMerDumNDuMMer New
edited August 2009 in Science & Tech
I'm having this issue with FTPRush where it connects but disconnects right after.

[1] 501- ==YOU'RE BEHIND A NAT ROUTER==
[1] 501- Configure the firewall settings of your FTP client
[1] 501- to use your real IP: XX.XX.XX.XXX
[1] 501- And set up port forwarding in your router.
[1] 501- Or you can just use a PRET capable client, see
[1] 501 http://drftpd.org/ for PRET capable clients

I'm kinda lost here, how can I set my FTP client to use my real IP? Or is there anything else that I can use that won't give such a hassle?:confused:

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited August 2009
    Your ISP assigns you an IP, which is attached to your router. Your router hands out an IP to any computers connected to it, 192.168.1.100 for example. So you need to setup your FTP client to connect to the IP on your router, which will change periodically. On your router you need to setup port forwarding to listen to incoming ftp requests and pass them to the internal IP.

    I don't know what drftpd is but the way I normally setup something like this is by getting a dynamic dns name from like http://www.dyndns.com/ then you have your software point to that name, which will equal whatever IP your router currently has.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    not to undermine you kryyst, but it sounds like the FTP server is elsewhere and it's complaining because his router is doing NAT.

    If you have a choice in the matter, I'd say to find a different FTP server software. The particular feature that it's complaining about here (PRET) is specific to drftp, it's non-standard and there aren't any clients out there that implement it from what I've read. Otherwise, we need to know what client you're using to be able to help you configure it to work properly.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited August 2009
    I was answering this:

    [1] 501- ==YOU'RE BEHIND A NAT ROUTER==
    [1] 501- Configure the firewall settings of your FTP client
    [1] 501- to use your real IP: XX.XX.XX.XXX
    [1] 501- And set up port forwarding in your router.

    Setup dyndns, plug that dynamic address in to his client, setup port forwarding on his router.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Fair enough, I guess I misunderstood what you were trying to say. I just reread his post and I see now he's trying to use FTPRush... not familiar with that client.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited August 2009
    Me either, but generally the principles are all the same.
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