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enter image description here In the diagram we are required to block all the external user ping requests to the sever. For this I have created the following ACL on R1:

access-list 105 deny icmp any any echo
access-list 105 permit ip any any
int fa 0/0
ip access-group 105 in

Now in my lab manual they created this list for R2. Why? they have clearly used Extended ACL and as far as I know, Extended ACL is used on source, so isn't our source the PCs? In the next part we are required to permit one host for the FTP access and again the router used for extended ACL is R2. Why is that so?

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    Extended ACLs should generally be placed as close to the source as possible, otherwise, you are wasting resources routing packets that are destined to be dropped, anyway.
    – Ron Maupin ♦
    Jun 11, 2019 at 13:21

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If you block from your R1 you are not able ping to any destination because icmp packets are dropped from R1. Therefore It is applied on R2. Then it will blocked on specific traffic to Server.

To permit FTP use following command

access-list 105 permit tcp <source address><wild card> host <Destination> eq Ftp

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    FTP also requires data connections in order to work. You need to define a range of server-side ports for passive mode and add those to the ACL as well.
    – Zac67 ♦
    Jun 11, 2019 at 6:25
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    If we apply ACL, do we need to open it separately.? I assume when we open FTP ports will be opened by default? am i wrong?
    – infra
    Jun 11, 2019 at 6:30
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    With "open" do you mean port forwarding aka DNAT? That doesn't usually change the ACL, but that depends on the device at hand. I'd configure the passive ports explicitly in any case.
    – Zac67 ♦
    Jun 11, 2019 at 11:01

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