Quick follow up, I'm able to connect to other external FTP sites behind my firewall and router, no problem.
-Brian bmearns wrote: > Thanks for all the responses. I understood what the PORT command was > for, but I've been seeing alot of doc online that only mentions going > outbound on port 20 for data connections, so I thought maybe that was > my problem. > > Sorry if this is the wrong spot to follow up on this not-so-much-python > matter. Does anyone know of an appropriate news group? > I'm trying to get through a router and Norton Internet security, using > my homebrewed python FTP server and Internet Explorer as my client > (I've also tried microsoft's FTP command line client). I'm able to go > back and forth on the command socket, no problem, but after the client > issues a PORT, I try to connect to it, and time out. I'm becoming > increasingly convinced that it's a firewall/router issue because if I > connect to my server as localhost, instead of my outside IP address, I > can connect fine. > > I've tried disabling Internet security, but that doesn't help. I > suspect the problem is port forwarding from the router, but I don't > know what the port numbers will be, so how can I set up forwarding? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. I've been banging my head against the > wall for hours. > > -Brian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
