SamOnline FTP

SamOnline FTP runs on 172.16.50.4 and 172.16.50.7: two private nodes carrying movies, series, some live TV and software, plus the player-style portal movie.sambd.net:8096 that presents the same library as an app instead of a folder list. This page maps both nodes, shows where the portal beats plain browsing, walks through access, and covers the 172.16.50.x overlap with Dhaka Flix that trips people up.

What Is SamOnline FTP?

SamOnline is a Chattogram ISP, and SAMBD and SamFTP are the two other spellings regulars use for its server. Both nodes sit in the private 172.16.50.x range, which puts the network route above everything else: there is no public DNS to resolve, so the peering path from your own ISP is the only thing that decides whether the catalog opens.

The portal movie.sambd.net:8096 is the player-style face of the same library, in the same family as Circle's Emby portal and FTPBD's media portal. It groups the catalog with search and a media-app feel, while the raw nodes give the plain browser view. The operator brand also appears at samftp.com.

A recurring confusion needs one paragraph: Dhaka Flix also appears in the 172.16.50.x range, but it is Level3's server, a different operator with a different catalog. Sharing an address range proves nothing; always match the operator name to the page you actually reached.

The Network Behind the Server

SamOnline runs the nodes on the private 172.16.50.x range, and that choice defines the server's character. Private addressing means the catalog lives inside the operator and BDIX fabric, invisible to foreign testers and to any monitor without a vantage point on the route. Our status page reports what it can see and is silent where it cannot, which is the only honest posture for this range.

Chattogram geography is the second fact. SamOnline is the south-east's flagship media server, so it performs best on SamOnline lines and on peering ISPs with south-east routes; from Dhaka-centric networks it can be slower or simply absent. If you are comparing it with Dhaka Flix, remember the range overlap proves nothing: Level3 runs Dhaka Flix, SamOnline runs these nodes, and the catalogs are unrelated.

How It Compares

Who Should Use It

SamOnline FTP is the first choice for Chattogram and south-east users who want a full media server without riding Dhaka routes, and for SamOnline customers who get the cleanest path to both nodes. The portal makes it friendly for users who dislike raw folder trees. If you need the deepest national movie library, Circle wins; if you want a monitored, neutral view of every option including this one, the directory is the reference.

Related Guides

• 172.16.50.4: the SamOnline IP page
• Dhaka Flix, the range-sharing neighbor from a different operator
• Access BDIX FTP on Android
• Watch BDIX live TV with IPTV
• The full BDIX server directory

What Content Does It Host?

The SamOnline catalog is a mixed local library, strongest in the south-east:

• Movies: the biggest group, present on both nodes.
• TV series: seasons in their own folders.
• Live TV: a channel section; the playlist values it needs are published on the current SamOnline page.
• Software: installers and tools, the practical extra most Chattogram users appreciate.

The two-node design shapes daily use in a way worth planning around. Because 172.16.50.4 and 172.16.50.7 mirror the same catalog, the correct habit on a busy evening is to switch nodes, not to retry the same one. And because the portal is a third door with its own layer, a full test cycle is: node 1, node 2, portal, in that order, before concluding anything about "SamOnline being down". Most of the time, one of the three answers.

How to Access SamOnline FTP

Connection details

http://172.16.50.4   (node 1)  ·  http://172.16.50.7   (node 2)  ·  movie.sambd.net:8096   (portal)

On Android, open Chrome and try http://172.16.50.4; if it hangs, switch to http://172.16.50.7 before diagnosing anything else. For the app-style view, open http://movie.sambd.net:8096; the value after the colon is a port and belongs in the address.

On Windows, browse to either node in Edge, and use an FTP client with the node host and port 21 for a folder view. Use only credentials the current SamOnline page provides; old SamFTP group passwords are not reliable.

Step by Step on Android

1. Connect to a SamOnline line if you are a customer; otherwise use a BDIX-peering ISP with a route to Chattogram.
2. Open Chrome and enter http://172.16.50.4. Check the digits: 172, 16, 50, 4.
3. If node 1 hangs, switch to http://172.16.50.7; do not retry node 1 five times.
4. For the player-style view, open http://movie.sambd.net:8096 when the raw nodes feel bare.
5. For a folder view, use an FTP app with the node host and port 21, anonymous unless the page asks.
6. Bookmark the door that worked; report problems with the exact address you used.

Step by Step on Windows

1. Confirm the PC is on a reaching route; a VPN breaks private ranges immediately.
2. Open http://172.16.50.4 in Edge for node 1.
3. If node 1 is busy, open http://172.16.50.7 for node 2.
4. For the folder view, enter ftp://172.16.50.4 in File Explorer or set an FTP client to the node host, port 21, passive mode.
5. For the media-app feel, open http://movie.sambd.net:8096 and follow its own sign-in if asked.
6. If all three doors fail on a good route, test again later; then check the troubleshooting list below.

Login and Codes

The two nodes accept guest browsing for the main catalog. The portal at movie.sambd.net:8096 can run its own sign-in, because a portal is an account layer that SamOnline controls separately from the raw nodes. If the portal asks for credentials, take them from SamOnline's current page or its support channels.

We publish no SAMBD passwords and no playlist keys. The Chattogram operator rotates codes like everyone else, and a stale one here fails twice over: once on the nodes and once in whichever IPTV app you pasted it into. If you need the current M3U or XTREAM values for the live-TV section, copy them from the SamOnline page while you are on a working route.

Troubleshooting

• Node unreachable: the 172.16.50.x range is private; test from SamOnline or a BDIX-peering connection, not from mobile data or a VPN.
• One node fails: switch to the other. Two nodes mirror the catalog; retrying the same one is not a test.
• Portal timeout: test a raw node first. If nodes work but movie.sambd.net:8096 does not, the portal layer is the issue.
• Login prompt: use only what the current SamOnline page says. The portal sign-in is separate from node access.
• Wrong server confusion: Dhaka Flix shares the 172.16.50.x range but belongs to Level3. Match operator names, not address patterns.
• Live TV empty: re-copy the current playlist values from the SamOnline page; paths change without notice.
• FTP errors: confirm the node host, port 21 and passive mode in the client.
• Everything fails: suspect the route before the servers; two nodes plus a portal rarely close together.

SamOnline is best compared with the other portal-plus-nodes services and with the range-sharing neighbor people confuse it with. The table pins each difference to a fact.