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SEPTEMBER 24, 2002 FTP in Mac OS X 10.2
After you have this information, follow these steps. 1. Open up your Web browser, and enter your router's IP address to access the settings. Enter your administrator's password, if required (which I would hope that it is). Your router's manual will have the default name and password listed. If you've lost your manual, try admin for both the user name and password. [an error occurred while processing this directive] 2. Go to the section in your router's configuration settings that allows you to configure the virtual server, which is sometimes known as "forwarding." 
3. In the "Service Ports" field, find an unused row and type in "20-21" (as seen in row 7, below). This assumes your virtual server allows you to specify a range of ports in a single field. If not, you'll need to create separate entries for ports 20 and 21. On the same row, enter the IP address of the computer hosting the FTP service. 
All done. Now, in order for someone to access your FTP service from outside your local network, he or she will have to know your router's TCP/IP address, which is not the same as the address shown in your Network System Preference. The TCP/IP address is the address assigned to your account by your service provider. Your router should be able to give you this information. Just check the various settings panels in your router's setup, and you should be able to find it. In my particular router, the TCP/IP address is located in the "Status" panel. Once you've found this address, you can access your Mac's FTP service from any FTP client anywhere in the world. Any further questions? Visit me at the Creative Mac user forum at http://www.wwug.com/forums/creative_mac/index.htm. Contact the author: Dave Nagel is the producer of Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; host of several World Wide User Groups, including Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe LiveMotion, Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; and executive producer of the Digital Media Net family of publications. You can reach him at dnagel@digitalmedianet.com. Prev 1 2 3 Related sites: • Creative Mac • Digital Media Designer • Digital Producer • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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