Enable passive FTP?

[Stephen Wright]

Hi

My server setup is as follows:
-Windows Server 2008 Web
-Parallels Plesk 9.5.3
-Microsoft FTP publishing service.
-ALGS IS switched off

I try to enable passive FTP through Plesk I get the following message:

Information: Warning: due to active Windows Firewall and Windows Application Layer Gateway Service (ALGS) not allowing to use a custom passive FTP ports range, it is recommended to switch ALGS off. If ALGS service is switched on, passive FTP ports range will be set to default 5001-65535, ignoring any custom values. Refer to Microsoft Windows help files for the information on how to switch ALGS off.

I tried manually adding the firewall rules but it won't allow me. What am I doing wrong? I've seen others have this issue but I am yet to find a rectification.

 

[IgorG]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555022

 

[Stephen Wright]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555022

Problem is thats for windows server 2000/2003, not windows server 2008. When I right click on my computer in the IIS manager, properties is not there, so I can't follow the steps on there. I've seen this article before, and tried following it to no avail.

 

[IgorG]

As I know b) should be enough for w2k8