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[maltroph]

im moving soon to durango CO and i want a friend to be able to FTP my box with stuff, from denver is there any way of doing that???

[Bullwinkle]

should be able to... all you need to do is tell your router to forward port 21 to the ip address of your xbox..then your friend would ftp to your internet address...you router would see the request for port 21 and forward the request to the xbox.

It helps if you have a static IP with your internet provider..but in many cases, as long as you dont shut down the modem (cable or dsl), the IP wont change.

good luck

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(Bullwinkle @ Jul 29 2005, 09:47 PM)

should be able to... all you need to do is tell your router to forward port 21 to the ip address of your xbox..then your friend would ftp to your internet address...you router would see the request for port 21 and forward the request to the xbox.

It helps if you have a static IP with your internet provider..but in many cases, as long as you dont shut down the modem (cable or dsl), the IP wont change.

ive never even though of doing this. so as long as your xbox is set to a static ip (not dhcp), and you have a static ip from your isp, youll be fine.

let us know if it works or not, im very interested

[Bullwinkle]

no different from a computer ...  the xbox will be oblivious as to where the ftp request is coming from..as long as the router routs it correctly.   and yes...  both the IP of the xbox and cablemodem should be static (or at least you'll need to tell your friend what the addresses are before he logs in each time..that'd be a pain if the xbox were dhcp..you'd need to change routing constantly   )

[maltroph]

i'll be on a collage internet, not sure if that makes a difference with the router or not?

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(maltroph @ Jul 30 2005, 09:26 AM)

i'll be on a collage internet, not sure if that makes a difference with the router or not?

that could be a problem. they will have a firewall set up, and they will probably be blocking incoming ftp conenctions.

i think you should contact them and tell them what you want to do, and see if they let you do it or not.

[--DANNY--]

Ya, I do this all the time. From my brother's house, he has 2 modded xbox's and we can transfer files back and forth through FTP by forwarding port 21 to our xbox's ip on our routers.

And forwarding port 21 to your xbox ip on your router can also make it accessible via ftp from anywhere that has an internet connection. So it can be used to host files for anything on the internet, basically run as a server, if you setup another filezilla username with read only privellages to only certain folders.

Also... forwarding port 8080 to your xbox's ip on your router can enable it to run as an http server. This in conjunction with editing and compliling your own cvs builds to change the webserver root directory to F:, can be very usefull for running websites, hosting all your online pics, or hosting or mirroring any file that you wish, and having it either available or not to the public.

This is extremely usefull for everything listed above and more, especially if you have a separate xbox with a decent sized hard drive that is setup for extreme cooling to run 24/7 as a server.

-Danny

[ferrari_rulz_02]

i never though that possible. ill have to try it

[deacon187]

QUOTE(ferrari_rulz_02 @ Jul 29 2005, 07:52 PM)

that could be a problem. they will have a firewall set up, and they will probably be blocking incoming ftp conenctions.

i think you should contact them and tell them what you want to do, and see if they let you do it or not.

 although i heard if you connect your xbox to a sencond nic card thats in your pc and share the connection it will get you on live if they block you from a router, its worth to try it for ftp and see if it will allow it as well

[ferrari_rulz_02]

just to let you guys know, i tried to do this, and it didnt work. had the port (210 forwaded, but it just came back with 'conenction refused' at the otehr end.

i have a feelign it was something to do with teh firewall in the router though. i have sent an email to the manufacturer (d-link) about it, and ill jet you know what they say.

[maltroph]

glad to see you guys trying this out. this will be a HUGE help to me,  

[ferrari_rulz_02]

QUOTE(maltroph @ Jul 31 2005, 10:17 PM)

glad to see you guys trying this out. this will be a HUGE help to me, 

glad to help. this is good for me, because then i have a way of getting new apps to all my customers.

[--DANNY--]

I have a Dlink DI-604 router and it works perfectly, just make set the virtual server settings like this but put in the IP address of your xbox. And it really helps if you use enable the static DCHP server so that your xbox ip address never changes...
(IMG:http://home.comcast.net/~dsdahl89/files/pics/router1.png)
That is how I have mine setup, and it works w/ no problems, for the http server, just create another setting exacly the same only using port 80.

-Danny

This post has been edited by --DANNY--: Aug 1 2005, 05:37 AM

[ferrari_rulz_02]

ok thanks. i think its a setting in the firewall. ive changed it, ill try it later

[xboxgamer733]

I've been wanting to remotely access my Xbox for a long time now, and I just can't seem to get it working. Here are what my router settings look like (sorry for the large image):

(IMG:http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a194/xboxgamer733/xboxgoodness2.jpg)

Of course, my router assigned my Xbox the IP address '192.168.2.5'.

I've also tried to put the Xbox in the DMZ, but that didn't help. Is there anything else that I can try?