ftp connects only through intranet please help!

[ibanex22]

hi im fairly new to linux.

im running debian on an old computer that i have and i am trying to set up a small sever for my house. i first forwared port 21 to my linux computer from my router settings, then i installed proftp and firestarter and said for it to allow FTP connections. i can connect through a unix terminal on my mac and i can connect through the intranet with an ftp program... once i try to connect through the internet it just connects then stalls and times me out! i dont know if it is my firewall settings or something like that... any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
erik

[Vergil83]

make sure the firewall is sending all connections of that port to your server (at the same time make sure the firewall is not blocking external accessing using that port)

[ibanex22]

my firestarter keeps blocking something... but i have the FTP allowed. it says

Port: 32797 Source: 192.168.0.100 Protocol: TCP Service: Sun-RPC portmap

on the events blocked connections list.

im not sure how to enable these higher ports it seems to keep blocking them.

[zOrK]

try by enabling DMZ Server to your local ip ( from router's confs, ex: http://192.168.1.1 ), such 192.168.1.4. And of course make sure that you've enabled 21.

[ibanex22]

thanks for the replies. i enabled a dmz server to my linux box. but my firestarter keeps blocking random high ports. i get something like...

Port: 33585 Source 192.168.0.100 Protocol: TCP Service: Traceroute