Not Able To Connect to Windows Server 2008 R2 using FileZilla Externally
- by obautista
I configured FTP Service/Role on my Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.  I am able to connect from the inside, but not from the outside.  On the inside I tested using cmd prompt and IE FTP.  On the outside, I am testing with FileZilla and IE FTP.  From the outside, IE FTP prompts me to enter my username/pwd, but nothing happens.  Page eventually times out and I get "Internet Explorer cannot display page".  Using FileZilla, I get the following messages.  Note FileZilla resolved domain name and authenticates.  I did not configure FTP Wirewall Support on the FTP site.  I am not sure if I need to do this.  I set up basic authentication, non-ssl, not allowing anonymous.  I testing with Windows Firewall Turned off and on (I added windows firewall rule for port 21).  On my network firewall (Cisco), I added a rule to forward port 21 traffic to FTP Server.
Status: Resolving address of ftp.technologyblends.com
Status: Connecting to 75.149.66.201:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Response:   220 Microsoft FTP Service
Command:    USER *
Response:   331 Password required for .
Command:    PASS ***
Response:   230 User logged in.
Command:    SYST
Response:   215 Windows_NT
Command:    FEAT
Response:   211-Extended features supported:
Response:    LANG EN*
Response:    UTF8
Response:    AUTH TLS;TLS-C;SSL;TLS-P;
Response:    PBSZ
Response:    PROT C;P;
Response:    CCC
Response:    HOST
Response:    SIZE
Response:    MDTM
Response:    REST STREAM
Response:   211 END
Command:    OPTS UTF8 ON
Response:   200 OPTS UTF8 command successful - UTF8 encoding now ON.
Status: Connected
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/" is current directory.
Command:    TYPE I
Response:   200 Type set to I.
Command:    PASV
Error:  Connection timed out
Error:  Failed to retrieve directory listing