I went through this with Cox cable. They're blocking port 80, at least on the residential lines, so I set up a WebHop through Dyndns to redirect traffic to port 18080. I haven't yet tried port 21, but I do know that port 22 is open for SSH (I use it daily) for the time being. Eric On 4/3/07, John Schember wrote: > > One way you can check to see if your isp is blocking any ports is > disable your filewall then use an online port scanner like Shields Up. > Every port should show open except those blocked by your isp. > > John Schember > > > On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 20:21 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > > Joey Prestia wrote: > > > I recently created a free dyndns dynamic account and am having > problems > > > accessing my computer I can ping my hostname linuxamd.homelinux.netand > > > it has no packet loss as well as reports the correct ip address of my > > > computer but from other locations I cant access it I can ssh into it > but > > > would like to run it as an ftp server what am I doing wrong I know ftp > > > port 21 is forwarded on my linksys router. what do I need to do to > have > > > it come up when the address is typed in I'm not using any data of any > > > importance as far as security is concerned until I learn exactly what > I > > > need to do to do this safely from my home. > > > > > One thing to consider (other than the huge security implications of > > running an FTP server) is that your ISP may block incoming port 21. Most > > residential ISPs forbid the running of servers on their network. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >