[cdhotfire]

hello, im new here, and i need some help.

well, i have gone to port fowarding, in router menu and foward ports, but every time i check to see if their open, they arent. i have searched many guides and threads about this but none have helped me.

any help would be appreciated.

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Hello cdhotfire and welcome to Geeks to Go!

You have to make sure that the machine you want the forwarded packets to go to also has that port open. For example, if you were running your own mail server: Internet mail listens on port 25 (SMTP). On your router, you specify that any packet (data) it receives, destined for port 25, is accepted, but forwarded to the IP and/or hostname that you have entered (your mail server). If however, on the mail server, port 25 is blocked or closed, you won't have accomplished your goal.

What port(s) are you trying to forward?

ttysoon, SD

[SoccerDad]

Hello cdhotfire and welcome to Geeks to Go!

You have to make sure that the machine you want the forwarded packets to go to also has that port open. For example, if you were running your own mail server: Internet mail listens on port 25 (SMTP). On your router, you specify that any packet (data) it receives, destined for port 25, is accepted, but forwarded to the IP and/or hostname that you have entered (your mail server). If however, on the mail server, port 25 is blocked or closed, you won't have accomplished your goal.

What port(s) are you trying to forward?

ttysoon, SD

[cdhotfire]

i am trying to foward port 27015, im trying to run my ftp server. i did foward the ports for my computer, but when i check them they still seem to be closed. ive even used DMZ host to try and open all ports at same time for my computer, and this had no effect, either.

[SoccerDad]

Are you running a firewall on the machine that has your FTP server software? Additionally, is your FTP server configured to listen on 27015?

ttysoon, SD

[cdhotfire]

no and yes.

[chicagotech]

I am not sure what does this mean "every time i check to see if their open, they arent". how do you check? telnet?

[cdhotfire]

yes

Edited by cdhotfire, 05 August 2005 - 04:40 PM.

[SoccerDad]

Ahhhh, thanx chicagotech for digging a little deeper and asking the right question!

cdhotfire, when you are telnetting in to test, are you adding the "27015" to the end of your telnet command? ie:

telnet your.host.net 27015

?

ttysoon, SD

[cdhotfire]

yes

[SoccerDad]

Next step, head to:
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Enter your port information there and have it scan.

ttysoon, SD

[cdhotfire]

first it said port 113 was closed, then i foward that port and then it says its on stealth. lol?

edit: i did full scan, says all ports are under stealth, meaning they dont even exist.

Edited by cdhotfire, 06 August 2005 - 01:08 PM.

[SoccerDad]

If you like, PM me your outside IP and I'll hava look see.

cya, SD

[SoccerDad]

I had no luck reaching your IP. What FTP server software are you running, and do you have it configured for secure access (ie SFTP)?

ttysoon, SD

[cdhotfire]

*edit*

Edited by cdhotfire, 09 August 2005 - 10:40 AM.

[cdhotfire]

i am using, bullet proof, were u trying to enter ftp server? because i have not created an anonymous account.