Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have an IP from your ISP for the second machine, then you can do it, > and you don't need masquerading at all. If not, then it's trouble.
I don't have one for it; I just get one dynamically assigned number for the dialup box. The ftp server box is 192.168.1.3 on the local net, and dialup box is 192.168.1.1. > You could run a port redirector on the FTP control port (21) on the dialup > machine, which redirects connections to your FTP server. Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the term "port redirector." Is this a method or a particular type of software package? Any examples you could point me towards? (I know, time to do more reading!) > This may or may not work, though; FTP data connections occur on dynamically > allocated port numbers, and the server connects back to the client. I think > it should work in theory. Passive connections won't (client connects to > server on dynamically allocated port). I think I'm interested in the latter, 'passive', function wherein clients could use my dyn.ml.org URL to find the ftp server. I notice in /etc/services a port for ftp (21) and a port for ftp-data (20). Are you saying that during an actual file transfer (would that be an 'ftp-data' service?) the server must first negotiate with the client another port number on which to do the transfer? -----------------------n-e-u-t-r-i-n-o---f-e-v-e-r-!----------------------- Bob Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brainiac.com/bernie at Esmond, R.I. ftp://rupturedduck.dyn.ml.org (sometimes) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
