Looking at your FtpServer configuration, there should be no difference in connecting locally or remotely to this server. Could you please provide the output of netstat /a (I think that's the correct syntax on Windows) on the same box as FtpServer runs on and the output of "telnet my-host 2121" on the remote client box.
/niklas On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Michael Le Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Support, > > Please can you tell me what must I do, so that I can access my > "homedirectory" from a remote computer using a FTP client and the "Apache FTP > Server"?, because currently I can only access my "homedirectory" or > homedirectories via an FTP client via localhost on the host computer. > > Herewith follows a brief explanation of the setup with information that may > help you to advise me: > > I have connected two computers via a wireless network (using two wireless > network adapaters and No router). The first computer (is the host computer) > has Wndows XP Pro and Aache 2.2.11 and the latest Apache FTP server, and > FileZilla. The second computer (is the client computer) has Windows XP Pro > and the latest version of the FTP Client called FileZilla. > > 1) I have setup user accounts via the File based facility for the Apache FTP > Server. I am able to successfully connect to the appropriate homedirectory on > my server via the FileZilla FTP client via localhost on the first computer > when I specify the following: > > Host: localhost > Username: my_First_Site_Name > Password: UserPasswordName > Port: 2121 > > The Hostname for the client PC is called "my-Host". Unfortunately, when I > try to connect to the relevant homedirectory via the Second PC (client PC) > using the following details then the FTP client stipulates "connected" but > then stipulates "Waiting for Welcome Message...." and eventually it times out: > > Host: my-Host > Username: my_First_Site_Name > Password: UserPasswordName > Port: 2121 > > Here is a copy of the content for my users.properties file: > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.userpassword=UserPasswordName > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.homedirectory=../../htdocs/my_First_Site_Name > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.enableflag=true > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.writepermission=true > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.maxloginnumber=20 > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.maxloginperip=2 > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.idletime=300 > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.uploadrate=4800 > ftpserver.user.nusphere_test.downloadrate=4800 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Here is a copy of the relevant content for my ftpd-typical.xml file: > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > <server xmlns="http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/spring/v1 " > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance " > xsi:schemaLocation=" > http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/spring/v1 > http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/ftpserver-1.0.xsd > " > id="myServer" anon-enabled="true"> > <listeners> > <nio-listener name="default" port="2121"> > <ssl> > <keystore file="./res/ftpserver.jks" password="password" /> > </ssl> > </nio-listener> > </listeners> > <!-- it appears the default is encrypt-passwords="true" if not specified > therefore i included it below --> > <file-user-manager file="./res/conf/users.properties" > encrypt-passwords="false" /> > </server> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Please can you tell me what must I do, so that I can access my > "homedirectory" from a remote computer using a FTP client and the "Apache FTP > Server"? > > I look forward to your response. > > Kind Regards, > Michael >
