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- | The firewall and NAT on the FTP server side have to be configured not only to allow/route the incoming connections on %%FTP%% port 21,((Or implicit FTPS port 990)) but also a range of ports for the incoming data connections. Typically, the %%FTP%% server software has a configuration option to setup a range of the ports, the server will use. And the same range has to be opened/routed on the firewall/%%NAT%%. | + | The firewall and NAT on the FTP server side have to be configured not only to allow/route the incoming connections on %%FTP%% port 21,((Or implicit FTPS port 990.)) but also a range of ports for the incoming data connections. Typically, the %%FTP%% server software has a configuration option to setup a range of the ports, the server will use. And the same range has to be opened/routed on the firewall/%%NAT%%. |
When the %%FTP%% server is behind a %%NAT%%, it needs to know it's external IP address, so it can provide it to the client in a response to ''PASV'' command. | When the %%FTP%% server is behind a %%NAT%%, it needs to know it's external IP address, so it can provide it to the client in a response to ''PASV'' command. |