Help: Setting up FTP Server for dynamic IP address

I connect to Blueyonder broadband by a cable modem.

On my side of the modem I have a firewall/router to my 2 PCs, with local IP
addresses for my 2-off PCs and for 'my side' of the firewall/router.

I need to set up an FTP site, but FTP seems to be be geared towards fixed IP
addresses. However my ISP allocates my IP address dynamically. The ISP
recognises me by MAC address, not IP address.

Question 1: How do I configure an FTP server (in XP Pro) when I don't have a
fixed IP address?
Question 2: How do I route an FTP user onto a specific PC on my home
network?

Any advice or links to useful sites is most welcome. I have searched the web
and can't find an answer.

Regards,
Craig Powers

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 18:32:31 -0000, "craig powers"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I connect to Blueyonder broadband by a cable modem.
>
>On my side of the modem I have a firewall/router to my 2 PCs, with local IP
>addresses for my 2-off PCs and for 'my side' of the firewall/router.
>
>I need to set up an FTP site, but FTP seems to be be geared towards fixed IP
>addresses. However my ISP allocates my IP address dynamically. The ISP
>recognises me by MAC address, not IP address.
>
>Question 1: How do I configure an FTP server (in XP Pro) when I don't have a
>fixed IP address?
>Question 2: How do I route an FTP user onto a specific PC on my home
>network?
>
>Any advice or links to useful sites is most welcome. I have searched the web
>and can't find an answer.
>
>Regards,
>Craig Powers
>
>

use www.no-ip.com there great for this sort of thing, dead easy to use
and set up



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craig powers wrote:
> I connect to Blueyonder broadband by a cable modem.
>
> On my side of the modem I have a firewall/router to my 2 PCs, with
> local IP addresses for my 2-off PCs and for 'my side' of the
> firewall/router.
>
> I need to set up an FTP site, but FTP seems to be be geared towards
> fixed IP addresses. However my ISP allocates my IP address
> dynamically. The ISP recognises me by MAC address, not IP address.
>
> Question 1: How do I configure an FTP server (in XP Pro) when I don't
> have a fixed IP address?

Don't worry about it. Although your IP is technically dynamic it changes so
rarely (many months at a time) then you can assume its fixed , or use one of
the redirection services like Borg suggested

> Question 2: How do I route an FTP user onto a specific PC on my home
> network?

You need to set up your router to forward all traffic on the appropriate
port to the specific machine on your network.
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