whats the error you get when trying to connect to a site?? and do you have the SP2 firewall enabled and are you allowing ftp to pass thru?? also what ftp program are you using??Tuffgong4 said:I'm behind a dlink di-624 rev C router and windows SP2 firewall...have tried all I can to get the ftp to work but I keep doing something wrong...
please help if you
2 things... 1 either you do not have the port forward going to the correct machine IP and/or 2 you may want to turn off PASV mode. If you dont know what the is check out the help file in Filezilla. I am not familiar with that program.Tuffgong4 said:ok I have no idea what passive mode is...what I'm trying to do is get to access my webhosting provider through ftp...I am a comcast subscriber and my webhost is 1and1
I am using Filezilla 2.2.8a and the error I get is
Error: Timeout detected!
Error: Could not retrieve directory listing
if more info is needed I can provide...I have also followed my routers instructions to ftp and enabling it through the firewall in the router
Don't worry about it.Tuffgong4 said:ha...I can't give you anymore rep points netryder...you must have helped me with something else recently!
If you only forwarded two ports for passive mode the server can only handle two connections at one time (which in practise means one client since many clients use one connection for listing and one for file transfer).Tuffgong4 said:ok I checked the set up of the router and I have the correct ip set up for it...I went into the settings of filezilla and set it up for only 2 ports (the same as my router) and enabled passive mode and it went through with no problems...thanks to all I appreciate the help