vsftp unable to access

[Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle]

Hi Keith,

> I don't seem to be able to connect to my newly setup ftp server.

> When I try to connect to it via a remote site, it says, connection
> refused.
>
> I have tried opening up port 20 and 21 on my router and still no luck.

And are ports 20 and 21 open on the server running the ftp software?  
If you port scan that does it show them open? What does iptables tell  
you?

-Jason