Accessing FTP server on home Network across internet

[payne]

I have a home network which includes a linux
"server". It is setup with wu-ftp. It works fine over the LAN, but I do not know how to access it across the internet. I connect to the internet via cable modem through a linksys router. The linux system is setup as a DMZ host. Any help?

[ph34r]

You would somehow need to forward requests from the ftp port (21? maybe 23?) to the Linux box's private IP. Not sure how to do this with your kit though.

[payne]

I figured it out. :D

[jerrylinux]

What did you do? I cannot access any services on my Linux (RH 7.2) box from the 'outside'. I am able to forward requests through my linksys router from other machines on my LAN. I can telnet, ftp, see a test Apache page, run VNC... all from a windoze machine connecting to my Linux machine. Everything gets rejected from the outside when I try to get to my Linux machine. I can however connect to a web server on a windoze box on my LAN using the same port forwarding on the same linksys router. :confused:

[schverigs]

Hey Payne,

I am curious what you did. I have a Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router and I set it up to forward port 21 to my FTP Server. The problem was that everyone coming from the outside would get really slow response. It would hang on every request. Are you experiencing this?

[payne]

I set the linux computers ip address as the DMZ host on the linksys router. That option is available on the advanced tab in the linksys setup. That does away with firewall protection, but the linux system has its own firwall. There is no performance loss.