comp.os.linux.networking

On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:33:12 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:

> On Mar 6, 2:16 am, david wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:43:32 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to
>> say:
>>
>>
>>
>> > There it is.  It is weird though, anything requiring a password
>> > remotely hangs a little bit.  Even when I ssh in it takes a bit more
>> > time than normal.
>>
>> Oh, you didn't specify the PASV port ranges.   The default behavior is
>> "any port" according to the documentation.  Your router would need to
>> know which ports to forward, and without a range specified, you would
>> probably have to forward all of them.
>
> I limited the port by saying the min is 20 and max is 21. It still
> times out.

Ah, no, that's not how PASV mode works. You need to pick another range
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
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