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post #1 of 5
4/7/06 at 12:37am
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Hey, I have been wanting to setup an FTP server on my XPS for a while. I am trying to use bulletproofftp and I thought everything was setup correctly. But how do my friends connect from a computer outside of my home network? I have a local IP and a remote IP, what do I do? What programs does anyone else here use...if any Thanks!!!
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post #2 of 5
4/7/06 at 12:48am
Are you behind a router?
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post #3 of 5
4/7/06 at 5:26am
http://www.guildftpd.com/

Make sure you forward port 21 on your router, then give your friends your remote IP.
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post #4 of 5
4/7/06 at 9:06am
Chances are you have bulletproof setup correctly, but you are not forwarding port 21 (or whatever port you are using) to your local PC. This is a great website that has direction and even screenshots of how to do this on most commercial routers. http://www.portforward.com/english/r...outerindex.htm


Also, depending on your router setup, your LAN (local) IP address will change every time you boot your laptop. Most routers have a "lease" time on your local IP, so if you reconnect within a certain period of time it will reassign the same local IP. If you find your internal IP keeps changing, you might want to think about making it static. http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm


You might want to think about setting up a dynamic domain name. This way you don't have to remember your WAN ip address, and the domain name will update if your WAN ip ever changes.
(This is free for personal use). http://www.dyndns.com/
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post #5 of 5
4/7/06 at 10:42am
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"Thank you very much mr. roboto" and Turkish. That solved my problem. Thanks again!
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