FTP can be used on port 80?
Best Answer: Most FTP problems arise from closed ports. make sure the ports 21, 49152, and 65534
also make sure you are typing: ftp://external ip address:21 to specify that you are making a FTP connection on port 21 not a HTTP connection on port 80
notice that your are connecting to your Apache server not ProFTPD
Apache/2.2.12 (Ubuntu) Server at (my external ip address) Port 80
Re:Also if his host uses stateful-inspection firewalls with an HTTP proxy, this won't work.
EDIT: HTTP proxy… not FTP as previously stated.
Re:Okay, thanks for the help.
Re:If it's hosted on someone else's server, probably not. But it can't hurt to ask the hosting service.
Re:Well my friend has a server and we're trying to get me connected to it. He pays for the hosting through some company, pretty cheap. Would a typical customer like himself be given the power to change that for his server?
Re:If the server and the client are both set to use port 80, I don't see why not. Some client and server software won't allow you to change the port number, though, so you'd have to check the specifics of the software you are using. And if you don't have access to both ends of the connection to make the change, you won't be able to make it work.