FTP slow initial connection

[Gavin Hemphill]

Your router needs to forward port 53, the domain port (both tcp and udp).
	G++

Drew Lane wrote:
>>
>>
>> Sounds like this could be the problem. To turn off reverse lookups, 
>> put these two lines in /etc/proftpd.conf:
>>
>> UseReverseDNS off
>> IdentLookups off
>>
> 
> I went ahead and added this and a couple of other lines:
> 
> MasqueradeAddress
> PassivePorts
> 
> None of this made any difference.
> 
> I even upgaded the firmware on the router to no avail.
> 
> Finally, I set the router to forward all ports (not just port 21)
> and the connection started working really fast, even from the net.
> 
> Maybe this was what David was talking about, I'm not sure.
> 
> Perhaps it has something to do with passive connections...
> 
> Drew
> 
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