[G4] FTP via Airport Extreme

[Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)]

Appreciate the response. Thought not an option, Comcast only allows me to
have one ip address. When they see requests for more than one they shut one
or more down or make me pay for the extra

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> From: 	Perry The Cynic
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> Sent: 	Wednesday, July 7, 2004 12:12 PM
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> Subject: 	Re: [G4] FTP via Airport Extreme
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> Your base station is acting as a NAT gateway, and your powerbook is hidden
> 
> behind it. You can get out, but you can't get in - nobody on the wire side
> 
> of the base station can see what's behind it. You shouldn't be able to 
> connect to it (from the wire side) with anything - file sharing, ssh, etc.
> 
> - though you can connect *out* just fine.
> 
> The easiest thing is to turn off NAT on the base station. Then everything 
> works normal. The downside is that you need to have a separate IP address 
> for your powerbook (one visible from wherever you want to FTP from).
> 
> The other possibility is to do port mapping: 
> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=150745>. The port number 
> for FTP is 21. You will probably have to use "active" (not passive) FTP to
> 
> connect to your server (unless there's a NAT helper for FTP built into the
> 
> base station software - I don't know that).
> 
> Cheers
>   -- perry
> 
> --On Wednesday, July 7, 2004 8:33 AM -0400 "Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)" 
> <Wayne.Wilkin at Staples.com> wrote:
> 
> > Setup:
> > Cable Modem/Airport Extreme/Netgear 8 port router
> > Computers:
> > 1 Laptop/1 G4 733/1 dual 125
> > All computers and airport software are running X.3.4, all airport
> software
> > and firmware up to date.
> > 2 G4's are plugged into the router, laptop is wireless.
> > The 733 is running as an FTP site only
> > The dual 125 is a regular desktop station.
> > The airports IP is 64.x.x.x
> > The G4's and laptop get their IP's from the basestation. 10.0.1.6, .7,
> .8
> > The .7 system is the FTP computer.
> > Problem:
> > I can access the FTP computer via FTP software but only within my own
> > network. If I try to access from outside my network, say from my work,
> no
> > dice. I know it has something to do with the setup on the Airport but
> > can't figure it out. Thanks in advance, Wayne.
> >
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