ftp and ics on Win2k

[BobN]

Hi folks;

I have a Win2K Pro system in a small local net. This system shares its internet connection (cable modem) to the local net via ICS.

On this same system, I want to run an ftp server. I have installed the IIS package.

The ftp server is working, and is accessible from another machine on the local net. But I cannot connect to the ftp server over the internet. Why ?

I have found the dialog for ICS that lets you enable ftp to work through ICS, and I have also found other info about this on the internet. But this seems to be designed for a situation where the ftp server is running NOT on the same machine as ICS, but on another machine in its local net. You put in the IP address of this other machine, so ICS can forward the packets there, right ?

So this doesn't seem to be what I need, is it ? How can I make ICS and an ftp server operate on the same system ?

Thanks

BobN

[knight_dkn]

I think you have the right dialog page, its the on that say something like allow access to these services on your network, what you may want to try is for the IP address of the FTP server put your local loopback address which is 127.0.0.1.

[BobN]

Thanks for the suggestion.

It's working now, and I think the problem was my ISP blocking some ftp port.

I changed the port from the standard 21 to 4001. I also selected passive mode in IE, which is what I am using for the client. After these changes, it's accessible from the internet.