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"roladdon" <roladdon@PutMyServerHere.ca> wrote in message 
news:47fc471d$1@newsgroups.borland.com...

> IdFTPServer1PASVReply(TIdFTPServerContext *ASender,  AnsiString &VIP, WORD 
> &VPort, const TIdIPVersion AIPVer)
> {
> VIP = "65.94.66.176";  // my public IP
> }
>
> VIP seems to be set to the local IP.

Yes, it is the local IP by default.  That is be design.  TIdFTPServer has no 
way of knowing that it is running behind a router or not.  If TIdFTPServer 
were running on a machine that is directly connected to the Internet, then 
the default IP works fine.  Otherwise, the OnPASVReply exists so you can 
override the default yourself when needed.

> where in the FTPServer component is the best place to get the public IP 
> from.

TIdFTPServer does not know the public IP when running behind a router.  It 
is your responsibility to provide that to it when requested by the 
OnPASVReply event.

> - it is already known - because the client already connected on port 21

The client knows the IP.  TIdFTPServer does not.  It only knows the local 
IP(s) that it is directly listening on.  When TIdFTPServer is running behind 
a router, then the IP(s) are completely different than the IP that the 
client connects to.


Gambit