Guys: I've been trying to set up my vsftpd on a seperate server, but I'm still unable to get to it.

I've disabled the firewall, the laptop is connected directly to the net (cable, modem, laptop. No router)

Vsftpd is installed

from my main system I've tried:

kantuck@zeus:/home/work/inbox$ ftp redcloud.xxx.xxx
ftp: connect: No route to host

Traceroute gives me
1 _gateway (192.168.60.1) 0.899 ms 1.204 ms 1.485 ms
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *

Telnet just freezes

ping gives me "Destination Host Unreachable"

I've turned off the iptables (this is a test machine, so I'm not concerned.)

I'm on Ubuntu 20

I even disconnected the laptop to see what happens, no difference.

I've looked around everywhere, but nothing's working. So any clues?

Is this related to your other thread https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...s-4175627194/?

You have not provided enough information to provide any real help.

Is that your separate server? If not where is this separate server in relationship to your laptop or main system.

Do you know if vsftpd is working on that server. Can you login via ftp on the server itself?

And the last question is why are you using ftp?

Thank you for the help. I had forgotten that previous post, because that was posted just a month before my life collapsed and has taken me 3 years to recover from it. I think I'll withdraw both questions until I can get more of a idea what's wrong.

- Kan

If you are using a noip free account you need to "renew" the URL every 30 days or it will be deleted. You should be getting an automated email with the address that you used when you signed up. If you sign into your noip account you should see the status.

You probably need to configure vsftp for passive mode, define those ports in vsftpd.conf and then specifically allow those through the firewalls as necessary.

The problem with ftp is that it is completely plaintext. You can configure vsftp to use ftps which is an encrypted version but again why do you need it in the first place.

I'd always try access from localhost FIRST. This avoids all network/firewall issues, and then work your way out, first to a machine or client on the LAN or within the firewall, then lastly to the internet.