The 127.0.0.1 address you stated is Local host, which is not the network IP address of your server.

You need to go into the router's firewall (sometimes called Security) section and set up an access ALLOW rule from ANY IP adress on the WAN side to the local IP address of the FTP server.Then go into port forwarding (Sometimes called Apps and Gaming on some routers) and set up a single port forward for port 21 to the local IP address of the FTP server. Oh and I use latest RV220W firmware release(menu seems re-organized between some versions). Now, what steps do I need to do, in order to let others acces my FileZilla server via a FTP klient? :-) So if some one could guide me a little, that would be really great! I read some replys from people about port forwarding, but can't get it to work in my situation.and probably because I lack basic understanding of how the communication happens.like which ports go where and what IP adress should be linked to another and etc.įileZilla server - IP 127.0.0.1/port 21 + username + psw I want to share files with people, so I downloaded FileZilla's server software package(free) and now need to get my RV220W router to allow traffic to that server.and because of my limited understanding of how it all works together, I'm currently stuck. Hi everybody - please help a network configuration noob! :-)

Filezilla port 21 behind router