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Unable to connect to FTP

I have a physical machine and virtual machine which is using NAT.

IP for physical : 172.24.0.254
IP for virtual: 10.254.0.2

I have setup vsftpd server on virtual machine and opened ports 20,21 on virtual machine in iptables using:

Code:

iptables -I INPUT -s 172.24.0.0/24 -p tcp -m multiport --dport 20,21 -j ACCEPT

iptables -I INPUT -s 172.24.0.0/24 -p udp -m multiport --dport 20,21 -j ACCEPT

But physical machine is unable to connect to ftp. It says.
ftp> no route to host

However, when I use the commands

Code:

iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 20,21 -j ACCEPT

iptables -I INPUT  -p udp -m multiport --dport 20,21 -j ACCEPT

it works.

I want to know why is it not accepting a particular source address range.

Does it work if you use 10.254.0.0/(I assume 24 for your network) instead of 172.24.0.0/24?

The virtual machine probably sees the incoming address as 10.254.0.1 (assuming that is the virtual gateway address for the NAT virtual network).

I just tested this on my virtual server (using ssh, tcp port 22) and it works for me using the NAT virtual network address.

Quote:

Originally Posted by spazticclown (Post 4912821)

Thanks for clearing me. It worked as you told.