Guest Truppenzwei Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Hi I have a system whereby I have a Windows 2003 R2 box which sits behind an ADSL router and in turn has PC's sitting behind it. It has two NIC, one being the WAN which connects to the router and the other being the LAN which the client PC's connect through. Basically while I am able to connect to FTP servers from the server, none of the client PC's are able to connect to any FTP server. They are able to browse the internet, email etc fine, it is just FTP that doesn't seem to work. They are able to connect to the FTP server and then they consistently disconnect after it sends the the username. The client PCs are a blend of Vista Business and XP Pro - the same error happens on both OS. I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get FTP working Please help.
Guest Chris M Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Re: Clients behind win2k3 box can't FTP Truppenzwei wrote: > Hi I have a system whereby I have a Windows 2003 R2 box which sits behind an > ADSL router and in turn has PC's sitting behind it. It has two NIC, one > being the WAN which connects to the router and the other being the LAN which > the client PC's connect through. > > Basically while I am able to connect to FTP servers from the server, none of > the client PC's are able to connect to any FTP server. > > They are able to browse the internet, email etc fine, it is just FTP that > doesn't seem to work. They are able to connect to the FTP server and then > they consistently disconnect after it sends the the username. > > The client PCs are a blend of Vista Business and XP Pro - the same error > happens on both OS. > > I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get FTP working > Please help. How long does it take before the clients disconnect after logging in? Have you tried Passive mode? If passive mode doesn't work: Am I correct in thinking that you have: Internet<-->ADSL Router<-->W2K3<-->Clients In other words, is your 2003 server acting as a NAT gateway between your clients and the ADSL router? The ADSL router is probably also configured as a NAT gateway, so my guess would be that FTP is having some weird NAT-over-NAT problems when you're connecting from the clients. What private address ranges are you using for each part of your network? If you're not already doing so, it might be worth using two different address classes for your two segments (i.e. 192.168.x.y for the router to the 2003 server, and then 172.16.x.y for the internal network where your clients are). Cheers, -- Chris M. Remove pants to email me.
Guest SBS Rocker Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Re: Clients behind win2k3 box can't FTP Are these your FTP servers and where do these ftp servers reside? Behind or outside your firewall? "Truppenzwei" <Truppenzwei@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C39AE124-F141-4090-A3ED-E7C0C7F85C98@microsoft.com... > Hi I have a system whereby I have a Windows 2003 R2 box which sits behind > an > ADSL router and in turn has PC's sitting behind it. It has two NIC, one > being the WAN which connects to the router and the other being the LAN > which > the client PC's connect through. > > Basically while I am able to connect to FTP servers from the server, none > of > the client PC's are able to connect to any FTP server. > > They are able to browse the internet, email etc fine, it is just FTP that > doesn't seem to work. They are able to connect to the FTP server and then > they consistently disconnect after it sends the the username. > > The client PCs are a blend of Vista Business and XP Pro - the same error > happens on both OS. > > I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get FTP working > Please help.
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