[G4] Setting an IP address on server

[James Pacyga]

Yes.  Chances are your linksys router is set to be a DHCP server 
(meaning it assigns addresses to your machines).  You can keep this set 
up most likely as the linksys will not likely change any of those IPs 
without some change in your network (e.g., new machines being added, 
etc) and even then chances are you will still get the same address.

To set up an FTP server, you will need to configure the linksys 
router's "port forwarding".  Essentially it means you will tell it that 
port 21 needs to be sent to your G4's IP.  (You can get your IP on the 
G4 by opening the the System Preferences->Network panel).  It will 
likely be something like 192.168.x.y or similar.

Once you set linksys to port forward port 21 to your G4 IP, then you 
will need to check the Sharing Preferences panel and enable the FTP 
check box on the services page (this will also open port 21 on your 
firewall).  To test if you have successfully forwarded your machine, 
you can get your external IP address using any number of tools 
(http://dslreports/whois) and then you can go your mac, open a terminal 
window (or your PC using "cmd" for that matter) and type:

ftp <the external ip address that WHOIS told you is yours>

once you hit enter, you should get to a you should get some response 
back asking for a login/password similar to this:

Connected to localhost.
220 localhost FTP server (tnftpd 20040810) ready.
Name (localhost:pacyga):

I suggest you download PureFTPd Manager 1.4.4 from a site like 
http://versiontracker.com.  This tool helps configure some of the 
hidden bits and will let you configure things like hidden FTP user 
accounts and anonymous FTP (not that you would want to do that 
necessarily).

I have used it and it works fine.

Jim
On May 16, 2005, at 6:55 AM, Charles Cox wrote:
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