SickNick
May 3rd, 2009, 08:03 AM
Im trying to set up an FTP server for the first time and I am having trouble. So far I chose to use GProFTPD for now since it seems like the simplest solution. I have a Belkin N1 router which I set up my DDNS account to and it works. Now here are the steps I have taken to create a server, somewhere here I have had to have made an error.
1. I made a DynDNS account and I created a Host, which on this forum we will call "sicknick.homelinux.com", that is not what I used but lets refer to that.
2. In my Belkin N1, I went to Virtual Servers and added FTP Server, which has:
Inbound ports 21 through 21
Private Ports 21 through 21
Type = TCP
Private IP = 192.168.2.50
3. I went to DDNS in my Belkin N1 and I chose DynDNS as my DDNS Service, I entered my log in and gave it my host name which we said we would call sicknick.homelinux.com, and I successfully configured that.
4. I went to my wicd and under my current connection I went to advanced settings and did this
Use Static IPs = Check
Static IP = 192.168.2.50
Netmask = 255.255.255.0
Gateway = 192.168.2.1
And I used the openDNS servers that I have set up in my router as the DNS.
5. I open GProFTPD and I type in
Server = 192.168.2.50 or sicknick.homelinux.com (Tried both)
Server name = SickNick FTP
Server port = 21
NAT router = 192.168.2.1 ON or None OFF (Tried both)
Left the rest as the default
Activated the server
Now if I goto sicknick.homelinux.com, it takes me to my Belkin N1 page.
I tried using FireFTP to connect to
sicknick.homelinux.com port 21 as anonymous
192.168.2.50 port 21 as anonymous
Niether worked, what am I doing wrong, and shouldn't sicknick.homelinux.com be taking me to the ftp? I am totally new at this so please provide me with as much detail as possible to setting up every aspect of an FTP server from configuring my hardware to software. I also used http://www.canyouseeme.org/ to check if my port 21 is open, and it was open using my external IP. Please let me know what I should do to fix this problem :confused:
1. I made a DynDNS account and I created a Host, which on this forum we will call "sicknick.homelinux.com", that is not what I used but lets refer to that.
2. In my Belkin N1, I went to Virtual Servers and added FTP Server, which has:
Inbound ports 21 through 21
Private Ports 21 through 21
Type = TCP
Private IP = 192.168.2.50
3. I went to DDNS in my Belkin N1 and I chose DynDNS as my DDNS Service, I entered my log in and gave it my host name which we said we would call sicknick.homelinux.com, and I successfully configured that.
4. I went to my wicd and under my current connection I went to advanced settings and did this
Use Static IPs = Check
Static IP = 192.168.2.50
Netmask = 255.255.255.0
Gateway = 192.168.2.1
And I used the openDNS servers that I have set up in my router as the DNS.
5. I open GProFTPD and I type in
Server = 192.168.2.50 or sicknick.homelinux.com (Tried both)
Server name = SickNick FTP
Server port = 21
NAT router = 192.168.2.1 ON or None OFF (Tried both)
Left the rest as the default
Activated the server
Now if I goto sicknick.homelinux.com, it takes me to my Belkin N1 page.
I tried using FireFTP to connect to
sicknick.homelinux.com port 21 as anonymous
192.168.2.50 port 21 as anonymous
Niether worked, what am I doing wrong, and shouldn't sicknick.homelinux.com be taking me to the ftp? I am totally new at this so please provide me with as much detail as possible to setting up every aspect of an FTP server from configuring my hardware to software. I also used http://www.canyouseeme.org/ to check if my port 21 is open, and it was open using my external IP. Please let me know what I should do to fix this problem :confused: