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I want to setup an FTP server on my mac mini, so that selected friends can access files over the internet.

I've tried to follow the instructions available but all I get is the home page of my BT HomeHub, not the ftp server.

WTF am I doing wrong?

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asked Jun 23 at 08:54 PM

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This phenomenon is covered in this wiki guide and this Q&A.
In brief: Change the administration port for your router, or use a different port for FTP than 80.

However, if you get to the router's admin page, it looks like as if you don't use a regular FTP client, but you try to use the reduced browser built-in FTP functionality without specifying the protocol. If you work with a browser, you must use ftp://yourname.dyndns.org/ or ftp://yourname.dyndns.org:portnbr/, if different from port 21.

If you don't want to explicitly specify the protocol and port, you could use a WebHop Redirection.

Also, I would like to discourage you using FTP. This is no longer state of the art, insecure and complicated to handle with firewalls. Better use a HTTPS or SSH/SFTP based solution.

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answered Jun 23 at 09:38 PM

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