host multiple ftp servers on one network

[drooh]

i am curious if it is possible to host multiple ftp servers on one interenet connection (One IP). I have two computers and want to be able to have them both running with FTP Servers.

[jtara]

Yes, and no.

The second FTP server will have to be configured to use alternative, non-standard ports. Not sure what your usage case is, so can't say if this will be acceptable to your users or not.

Users will need to configure the alternative ports in their FTP software or browser URL.

[drooh]

i tried running 2 on seperate ports but it didn't seem to act quite right, atleast it seemed like xp was blocking the port even after I opended it.

In the ftp client I could specify the port and it would connect but then said cannot get directory list.

[jtara]

FTP uses two ports - normally 21 and 22 (control and data). How you specify alternate ports (name only the first one, or both) will be dependant on your specific FTP server.

I assume the second server is using alternate ports for for control and data. But did you open two ports for the second FTP server?