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      charles.regan
      last edited by

      FTP Helper:
      On WAN or LAN ? or Both ?

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        sullrich
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        On my setup its enabled on LAN and WAN.

        IE: the check boxes for it are not checked on each respective interface.

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          charles.regan
          last edited by

          ok thanks

          what about the RFC Workaround ? on or off ?

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            charles.regan
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            Just rebooted with FTP helper enabled on WAN OPT and LAN.
            Now i can't access any FTP server with ftp.exe and iexplore.

            My setup:
            PRE-BETA2
            Advanced Outbound NAT
            Outbound loadbalancing

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              sullrich
              last edited by

              Try it without outbound load balancing.

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                charles.regan
                last edited by

                wow it works.

                How can I make this works with loadbalancing.

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                  sullrich
                  last edited by

                  I know this is going to sound bad, but at the moment I really don't know.

                  I'll have to put some thought into how to work around this issue.

                  In the meantime, I wouldn't balance ftp, simply add a rule before your balancing rule and force it out your primary pipe.

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                    charles.regan
                    last edited by

                    ok it works with iexplore in passive mode. but with ftp.exe i have a different error now:

                    200 PORT command successful
                    425 Could not open data connection to port 61015: Connection timed out

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                      charles.regan
                      last edited by

                      Proto              Source  Port  Destination  Port  Gateway  Description
                      TCP/UDP  LAN net      *  *        20 - 21      *                FTP

                      If i put this rules before my loadbalancing rules in LAN , it doesn't work.
                      I need to completly disable loadbalancing for it to work with IE in passive mode.

                      If i disable outbound loadbalancing and permit any any on the wan interface it work with IE and ftp.exe!

                      What would be the rule to create in LAN to make it work with FTP.

                      State log:
                      tcp  127.0.0.1:8021 <- 142.217.134.xxx:21 <- 10.0.3.3:3677  CLOSED:SYN_SENT

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                        charles.regan
                        last edited by

                        Just found a workaround for this. not very secure…

                        Add this firewall rule in LAN
                        Proto  Source  Port  Destination  Port  Gateway
                        *        LAN net  *  127.0.0.1  *  *

                        Add this firewall rule in WAN
                        Proto  Source  Port  Destination  Port  Gateway
                        *                *        *  *      *  *

                        It works.
                        Firewall state shows:
                        tcp  127.0.0.1:8021 <- 194.71.11.70:21 <- 10.0.3.3:3887  FIN_WAIT_2:FIN_WAIT_2
                        tcp 127.0.0.1:8021 <- 194.71.11.70:21 <- 10.0.3.3:3896 FIN_WAIT_2:FIN_WAIT_2
                        tcp 194.71.11.70:20 -> 194.71.11.70:65294 -> 10.0.3.3:3898 FIN_WAIT_2:FIN_WAIT_2
                        tcp 127.0.0.1:8021 <- 194.71.11.70:21 <- 10.0.3.3:3899 ESTABLISHED:ESTABLISHED
                        tcp 194.71.11.70:20 -> 194.71.11.70:62700 -> 10.0.3.3:3903 FIN_WAIT_2:FIN_WAIT_2

                        Without permit any any on WAN I have this in my state
                        tcp 127.0.0.1:8021 <- 194.71.11.70:21 <- 10.0.3.3:3871 ESTABLISHED:ESTABLISHED

                        And I have this error with ftp.exe
                        200 PORT command successful
                        425 Could not open data connection to port 58974: Connection timed out

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                          sullrich
                          last edited by

                          The LAN->Localhost rule is fine.

                          I would remove that WAN rule ASAP.  Because if you permit all traffic from the internet in, then what is the point of having a firewall at all?

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                            charles.regan
                            last edited by

                            If I remove the permit any any rule on WAN I can't connect using active ftp mode (ftp.exe)

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                              sullrich
                              last edited by

                              @charles.regan:

                              If I remove the permit any any rule on WAN I can't connect using active ftp mode (ftp.exe)

                              Then you don't have a firewall!  You're allowing all of the internet into you're device.

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                                charles.regan
                                last edited by

                                My question is What is the rule I should put to make active FTP working.

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                                  sullrich
                                  last edited by

                                  As I told you before I need to figure out how to make this work.  It currently will not work w/ Outgoing LB.

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                                    aldo
                                    last edited by

                                    problem with outgoing ftp. ftp proxy is enabled on wireless. and nothing else it is working
                                    sometimes but is very slow and seems to stop working after about 15 minutes.

                                    still am a bit uncertian as to where to start lookking in respect to this.

                                    additionally pppoe clients seem to also have trouble with ftp as well.

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