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Lets migrate out of the FileZilla configuration for a moment. Open “My Computer” on your server and create a new directory under C:\called FTPUsers (incase you didn’t follow the directions above).
Back to Filezilla… It is now time to create folders for your FTP users to have access to. Select the Shared Folders option on the left side menu.
- Click Add to create the first folder for your users. This will also be your users Home Directory; or the directory they will land in when connecting to your FTP
- Navigate to your FTPUsers directory and press OK
- Once that directory option is created you will want to right click on it and select Rename.
- Rename the entry to C:\FTPUsers\:u
- Check the option for Autocreate
I have set up a FileZilla FTP server on my HP Windows Home Server per the instructions given here but get a timeout when I try to connect via a FileZilla FTP client. A buddy of mine gets a timeout, too, when trying to access my FTP server from outside. In troubleshooting, I confirmed that port 21 is open on my network by using the port check tool available here: http://www.canyouseeme.org/ – in fact, my FTP server responds to that test, showing that a connection was made, then disconnected. Testing port 50000 gave an error, though. I don’t understand why that would be the case since I forwarded ports 21 and 50000 – 50100 in my Verizon router’s firewall settings. I don’t know what else to try to fix this. Any ideas? TIA.
As someone stated in one of the other comments, Media Smart servers now have software on them that uses port 21… try a different port for the FTP server and see what happens.
Thanks for your reply. I had looked through other folks’ comments – must have missed that one – sorry. I just tried ports 20, 23, and 30 but still get the timeout trying to connect. I’m uncertain what ports to try. Is there some way to tell which ports are available to try on the home server?
I am still puzzled, too, as to why my ftp server responds to connection attempts from CanYouSeeMe.org but will not respond to my FileZilla client.
Try setting your Filezilla client to passive. It may be set to Port. If it is set to passive currently try PORT… verizon routers are goofy.
I tried various settings in my client, including what you suggested, with no luck. Still getting timeouts trying to connect to the server. I think I’m gonna have to give up on this for now and move on, but thanks for your advice.
I followed this tutorial over a year ago with success. However, after updateing my MediaSmart server to the latest version 3 release I found it would not collect files from clients. Days of investigation yielded that the Mediasmart 3 software uses ftp on IIS and when you install Filezilla it tries to use the same port. Long story short…..if you want to run this on a newer Mediasmart server (or software version), you need to change the port number to something other than 21 or it will interfere with other things.
Hi, I am trying to install this FTP software on my WHS system and every time i try to download it the download gets canceled, if i download the software on another system then transfer it to the WHS system every time i try to execute the file i get an error indicating i do not have permission … and i am the administrator ..??
What am i doing wrong?
THX
Just FYI, if you need to access the FTP server from within the same network, use the internal IP of your WHS as the hostname i.e. 192.168.1.21 . I ran into ‘no data connection’ errors when trying to use the outside ‘homeserver.com address from wihtin my LAN.