RE: FTP Problems

[Brad Schneider]

Hmmm, we did implement a firewall recently, and I was just able to do it
successfully from my home connection, using the exact same laptop I was
using at work. I installed ncftp and was able to download from behind our
firewall. Mystery solved.

Thanks for your assistance and the quick response. I appreciate it.

Brad

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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 11:07 PM
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Subject: Re: FTP Problems


Brad Schneider writes:
> 
> Connected to ftp.cvshome.org.
> 220 Features: a p .
> Name (ftp.cvshome.org:snide): anonymous
> 230 Hi. No need to log in; I'm an anonymous ftp server.
> ftp> ls
> 200 Okay.
> 150 Making transfer connection...
> 425 Sorry, I couldn't make a connection: timed out.

That looks like you're behind a firewall that isn't allowing the
incomming reverse connection from the ftp server to your client.  You
probably need to enable PASV mode.  (And I'd expect you to have the same
problem with other ftp servers -- perhaps you firewall is configured to
allow incomming connections just from well-know ftp servers.)

-Larry Jones

Is it too much to ask for an occasional token gesture of appreciation?!
-- Calvin