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I'll get straight to the point. I recently set up a FileZilla server to get all my files anywhere to watch or access. I have already set up the user and directory I want to access, as well as picking the port. The problem is my NAT router. I have put exceptions in my firewall on both machines for the port I used (7780) and I have set my passive mode to get my external IP from the filezilla site, which I heard is supposed to help me, but I can't connect to the machine using my external or internal IP's (both connected to LAN). I have tried to forward the port to that IP, but I think in doing so I lose the ability to connect within the network because all traffic even going from the machine forwards back to it. Here's What I need to know:

  • How does the passive mode work?
  • How do I configure the ports to forward to that machine while still being able to connect to my server within my household)?

LOGS:

Settings

Settings V2

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What I see on client computer:

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Stephen Rauch
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Christopher Vinciguerra
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For FTP you need to forward both "FTP" and "data" ports. You forwarded only the control port, passive mode needs another port(s).

I would recommend to forward port 7780 -> 21 and port range 7781-7789 -> 7781-7789.

In the first dialog set listen port 21, in the second tick "custom port settings" and type 7781-7789.

filo
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My solution was to allow not only the FTP port, but also the data port through my firewall on both machines, as well as forwarding the ports used for passive mode to that machine.

Christopher Vinciguerra
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