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| With the //active// mode, most of the configuration burden is on the client side. | With the //active// mode, most of the configuration burden is on the client side. | ||
| - | The firewall (e.g. Windows firewall) and NAT (e.g. ADSL modem routing rules) on the client side have to be configured to allow/route a range of ports for the incoming data connections. As WinSCP does not allow configuring a range of the ports it uses for data connections, all ports in Windows dynamic port range 49152 - 65535((For Windows Vista and later. &winvista For details refer to //Remarks// section in documentation of ''[[msdn>ms737550|bind]]'' WinAPI function. )) have to be opened. To open the ports, go to //Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Defender Firewall((Just //Windows Firewall// on Windows 7.)) > Advanced Settings > Inbound Rules > New Rule//. &wincp For routing the ports on the %%NAT%% (if any), refer to its documentation. | + | The firewall (e.g. Windows firewall) and NAT (e.g. ADSL modem routing rules) on the client side have to be configured to allow/route a range of ports for the incoming data connections. As WinSCP does not allow configuring a range of the ports it uses for data connections, all ports in Windows dynamic port range 49152 - 65535((For Windows Vista and later. &winvista For details refer to //Remarks// section in documentation of ''[[msdn>ms737550|bind]]'' WinAPI function. )) have to be opened. To open the ports, go to //Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Defender Firewall//((Just //Windows Firewall// on Windows 7.))// > Advanced Settings > Inbound Rules > New Rule//. &wincp For routing the ports on the %%NAT%% (if any), refer to its documentation. |
| When there's %%NAT%% in your network, you have to configure an external IP address that the WinSCP needs to provide to the %%FTP%% server using ''PORT'' command. So that the server can correctly connect back to WinSCP to open the data connection. For that use //[[ui_pref_network|External IP address]]// setting in Preferences. | When there's %%NAT%% in your network, you have to configure an external IP address that the WinSCP needs to provide to the %%FTP%% server using ''PORT'' command. So that the server can correctly connect back to WinSCP to open the data connection. For that use //[[ui_pref_network|External IP address]]// setting in Preferences. | ||