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FTP issues, do I need to open ports?

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BPM

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I've been having this problem for a while now and I can't seem to figure out how to solve it.

Background info:
I have 3 websites I maintain, my own and 2 others. Mine is with a different host than the other 2. Other 2 have the same host.

From work, I can access and upload files to each site via FTP just fine (using IE as the FTP client).

The Problem:
From home, all sites work except my own. With my site, I can login and view files, but I cannot upload anything. The "copying files" window stays up and nothing ever happens. I get similar results with an FTP client such as WS_FTP Pro. I can login, but cannot upload. With the other 2 sites, I can use WS_FTP or IE as the FTP client and everything works with either client.

I'm using a router, so are there ports I may need to open that are specific to my FTP site? Any other settings I should check out?
 
just a quick check, do you have tcp port 21 open?
 
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