Question : FTP in PASV mode

Hello,

When external users attempt to connect to my internal FTP
site and switch to PASV mode, the IIS6 server responses
with the internal address of the Windows 2003 server;

"Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,8,19,236)"

After this, the client attempts to connect to the internal IP (192.168.1.8) and times out.

Connecting internally and connecting with active mode works fine.

I really don't want to have my external users reconfiguring IE to use the FTP...

Any ideas?? Thanks!

Answer : FTP in PASV mode

this is some kind of log from your router then?  it sure looks like it supports some kind of ftp proxy thing because otherwise there is no way it would be reporting all that ftp chatter stuff.

> 192.168.15.231 is the internal client side.
> 65.95.61.157 is my external address.
> 192.168.1.8 is my internal server.

so you have a client on a private network as well as the server on a private network?  What is the path between 192.168.15.0 and 192.168.1.0?  Have you confirmed that a remote system with a live internet connection (and public ip address) has the same problem?  I'm thinking that maybe the router cannot deal with an internal client accessing it's external interface - which is not an uncommon 'problem'.

If the remote user test also fails, maybe you could try update the router firmware?

Cheers.