have you tried: modprobe ip_nat_ftp Try iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 20 -j ACCEPT with your current rule of --dport 21 On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 18:53:43 -1000 Garison Piatt <todo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 03:57 PM 4/23/04 +0100, Antony Stone wrote: > ># Set default drop polcy on all tables > >iptables -P INPUT DROP > >iptables -P OUTPUT DROP > >iptables -P FORWARD DROP > > > ># Allow replies out for anything which comes in > >iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED > -j ACCEPT > ># Allow the machine to do its own DNS lookups > >iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT > >iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT > ># Allow replies in for anything which goes out (eg DNS) > >iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED > -j ACCEPT > ># Allow the world to access by HTTP > >iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT > ># Allow the world to access by FTP (you *did* want that, > yes?) > >iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT > ># Allow the world to access by SSH (would be nicer to > restrict by IP addres, > >but we can't, so....) > >iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT > > Okay, I did this, and received the following when I tried > to FTP into the site: > i Control connection successfully established. > < 220 ProFTPD FTP Server ready. > i Time zone of server could not be determined. > > USER admin > < 331 Password required for admin. > > PASS <password> > < 230 User admin logged in. > > SYST > < 215 UNIX Type: L8 > > PWD > < 257 "/home/admin" is current directory. > > PASV > < 227 Entering Passive Mode (207,36,232,90,132,36). > i Data connection A8 could not be established (10060). > followed by a notice that the connection timed out. > Changing the FTP parameters didn't have much effect. > Also, the browser connects to the site, but times out > before displaying any data. And everything is *s-l-o-w*. > > Any ideas? > ______________________________________________________________ Herbalife Independent Distributor http://www.healthiest.co.za