[SOLVED] PassivePortRange problem in IIS6 (FTP)

PassivePortRange problem in IIS6 (FTP)

I'm trying to specify the passive port range for an ftp server running on IIS6 in Windows Server 2003.

I've used: adsutil.vbs set /MSFTPSVC/PassivePortRange "5500-5600"

I've checked in the metabas file and the changes are applied to it. I can also use:

adsutil.vbs get /MSFTPSVC/PassivePortRange

and it returns the range I've set.

After restarting the ftp service, restarting IIS and even rebooting, the ftp server still uses it's default range (5000-65535 AFAIK).

Is there something else I need to do?

Solution

I've worked it out. It's a bug in the windows firewall. If you disable the firewall, the port raneg is used properly.

I had the "FTP service" enabled in the firewall as well as the port range I wanted. I disabled the FTP service and instead added port 21 manually. Now works fine!