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Friends, I have a similar problem, the LAN FTP works perfectly, but I cannot access it from outside my house.
I am using an X6 firmware version V1.0.4.18_10.1.49 This firmware is very stable.
I did a port forwaring from my WAN to the router on port 21, but was unsuccessful.
I also wanted a port forwarding so that all the port 21 packets are redirected to the FTP, USB disk that the router X6 has.
However it does not allow me to do it because it gives an error message saying that I cannot make a port forwaring towards the address of the router (192.168.2.1)
> I did a port forwaring from my WAN to the router on port 21, but was > unsuccessful.
None of that is a useful problem description. It does not say what you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual, showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations.
> [...] USB disk that the router X6 has.
You're talking about using the R8000 as an FTP server? If so, then visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look for "Use FTP Within the Network" and "Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet".
> [...] it gives an error message saying that I cannot make a port > forwaring towards the address of the router (192.168.2.1)
You'd use explicit port forwarding that way if your FTP server were some computer on your LAN, _not_ if it's the router itself. When you use the router as your FTP server, the port forwarding is implicitly configured by the following step:
5. Select the FTP (via Internet) check box.
> [...] I cannot access it from outside my house.
Regarding "cannot", see "useful problem description [...]", above. What, exactly, did you do? What, exactly, happened when you did it?
Does the IP address of the WAN/Internet interface of your router match what you're using as your public IP address from the outside world? ADVANCED > ADVANCED Home : Internet Port : Internet IP Address
If not, then that could be your problem. An intermediate NAT router, for example, could cause this. Or an ISP using carrier-grade NAT to conserve IPv4 addresses.
That's using the router's LAN IP address ("192.168.2.1"?)? Does it also work if you use the router's WAN/Internet IP address from a system on your LAN? That would suggest that the port forwarding is working.
