Test my FTP please
 

The link for it is in my sig...give it a shot, make sure it works, OK? Thank you...post here with the results.

first of all you need to specify a port number

ftp://68.115.10.149:21

i believe thats how an ftp in Ie or other browsers work

and youll also need a username and pas at the beginning

ftp://someone: password@68.115.10.149:21
or something along those lines im sure others can correct me

no space between the : and password though the TFP board thinks im putting a : P smiley when i leave the space in

It allows anonymous logins, so the username and password shouldn't be an issue. I haven't changed the FTP port from it's default of 21, so wouldn't it be OK? I don't know, I'm just asking. I know it works internally here, but I'm making sure that it works outside of my Intranet.
I guess my real question is, did you actually click on the FTP link, and if so, what were the results?

Well, by default FTP goes to port 21, and by default it uses anonymous as the username, which doesn't *REALLY* require a password (most browsers use your e-mail address as the password, which is the "standard" for anonymous users.).

So, in short, his link would function as it stands. If the server was up. Which it doesn't seem to be.

Uh-oh...that's not good. I can access it via CuteFTP...but again, this is internally. It claims to be running, and if I put up a picture from the http side of things, it will come up. Let's see if that works this time.

http://68.115.10.149/600x100-DEI-Sig.jpg

You keep on saying "internally". So you're behind some kind of a router or whatever. Are you forwarding the ports to let the traffic through?

Yes, I have the router set to forward requests from ports 21 & 80 to the server. Did the pic show up in the last post?

no, the pic didnt show up for me.

and i couldnt log on anonymously.

Hmm, this is goofy...try again...I changed a couple things.

nope.

same result.

Same as The_Dude, no luck on either the picture or the FTP server.

Weird...I just did a port scan, and while ports 21 & 80 are wide open, they come back not only as closed, but in stealth mode. I figure the port scan is inaccurate, because when I've tried this before, I could get nothing, and now I'm getting somewhere...using the exact same test methods. And, like I mentioned, neither of those two ports can get opened up any more than they already are!

did u disable firewall or anything else like that.

and as for the router, try hookin up directly to the modem.

There...router bypassed...any luck now?

still not

Alright, then, what am I doing wrong? Yes, I know it's a general question, without a lot of info. But this is retarded. I remember doing this a while back, and coming to the conclusion that running an FTP or HTTP server from one's home is an impossibility. Then I found a couple more settings to futz with, and tried 'em. Still, no dice. I am starting to come to that conclusion once again.

Well, one possibility is that your cable/DSL company doesn't want you running a server, so they block the ports for you.

Since you mentioned "stealth mode", I can only assume that you went to GRC.com's port scanner - keep in mind that it's hideously inaccurate. I once took a wide-open OpenBSD box running a half dozen "well known" services (HTTP, FTP, DNS) to get scanned by it and was told that it was locked up tighter than a nun's pussy.

Try running the webserver at a nonstandard port (oh, say, 4520 to pick a random number by hitting a few keys on the numpad). Then point us at that, see if that works.

OK, try ftp://68.115.10.149:1065

Never mind...doesn't like that, either.

Yeah, that's what I got. I'll deal with it later...I'm getting the idea that this kind of thing isn't possible...again. Does anybody here use Charter, and run adn FTP or website?