outbound ftp on server 2008 r2 stalls
- by Scott Kramer
the built in command line ftp client in server 2008 does not support passive mode
so I've used these commands to allow outbound ftp (it stalls without this)
1) Open port 21 on the firewall
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="FTP (no SSL)" action=allow protocol=TCP dir=in localport=21
2) Activate firewall application filter for FTP (aka Stateful FTP) that will dynamically open ports for data connections
netsh advfirewall set global StatefulFtp enable
however in server 2008 r2, these commands seem to work, but it does not affect the outbound ftp, it stalls
I do not want to use an alt client