"Nil" <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xns95C9D871B2751nilch1@204.127.204.17...
> On 21 Dec 2004, "Jay" <jayb4@sympatico.ca> wrote in
> news:FU5yd.14742$GK5.1033715@news20.bellglobal.com :
>
>> Ive got a little network goin at my place and made an ftp server
>> to share some stuff but I cannot connect to it on a remote pc.
>> Ive got my internet line goin into my adsl then a switch then 3
>> computers. My modem acts as a router but really *&#$ one and im
>> not sure what is stopping me. Yes some will say a firewall but no
>> I have taken it off and still didnt work. Every time I connect
>> with my modem its a different ip, I checked it put the right one
>> to connect but still no progress. Im using Bulletproof ftp server
>> and ftp explorer as client. Wanna help email me
>
> FTP servers are tricky to setup behind a rounter. You need at least 2
> ports open for an FTP server, one for the control connection, and one
> or more for the data connection. For example, my control port is X, my
> data conection range is from 3000 to 3999. You can read a complete
> description about it here:
>
> http://www.allaboutjake.com/network/linksys/ftp.html
>
> By the way, this group is about web servers, not FTP or other servers.
> I don't think anyone minds in particular, but you may not get much
> response here.

It may not be all about ftp but I do appreciate any help. I used ftp
explorer from my same machine to connect but only get this far. I tried
different and even no user name or password but still no working. This is
probably not good because server and client are local for this test

From client side
Connecting to: jay
Connection Established
220 FTP Server Ready
Connected to: jay
USER anonymous
530 Invalid user
Error logging on to: jay