FTP server behind router/gateway

Derek Ragona derek at computinginnovations.com
Thu Sep 14 08:07:13 PDT 2006


That is more a matter for your router.  Your router should be wrapping the 
internal address with a public one.  Be sure you are forwarding all the 
ports needed for ftp.

         -Derek


At 09:40 AM 9/14/2006, billgg at sonic.net wrote:
>I have a FreeBSD 6.1 box running behind a router/gateway.  When it tries
>to go into passive mode, it returns it's internal 192.168. ip address to
>the client which the client stupidly uses to try to connect to.  I've
>confirmed this by tyring to FTP from several external systems (windows &
>linux).  Is there anyway to get the FreeBSD box to return the external
>address without making it act as the router/gateway?
>
>Thanks,
>Marty
>
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