How to Set Up a Router for Filezilla
- 1). Open the Filezilla FTP program. Click "Edit" and select "Settings." Click on "Connection" in the settings hierarchy and select "Passive Mode."
- 2). Add a check mark to "Use Custom Port Range" and enter your desired port range. Valid ports can be from 1 to 65535, but users should assign a port range beyond 1024, as ports below that range are often reserved for other protocols.
- 3). Log in to your router's configuration page and enter the router's username and password when prompted.
- 4). Navigate to the router's "Port Forwarding" settings page. Enter "FileZilla" as the application name. Enter the start of the port range created in FileZilla into the "Start" text field and the end of the port range into the "End" text field. Set the "TCP" and "UDP" settings to "Both" and add a check mark to the "Enable" box.
- 5). Create another port forwarding entry with the same application name. Enter "20" as the start of the port range and "21" as the end of the range. Set the "TCP" and "UDP" settings to "Both" and add a check mark to the "Enable" box. Click "Save Settings" to finalize your changes. Restart your router, if necessary. The ports assigned for FileZilla should remain open for FTP traffic.
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