[NTLUG:Discuss] FTP problem

[Michael B. Lee]

this might be a simplistic response (which consequently might not even
address the REAL issue) but this exact thing happened to me. it drove me
nuts until i realized something surprisingly simple... setting the client
to passive mode fixed everything.




On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Daniel L. Shipman wrote:

> I am facing problem with ftp.
>
> I have a static ip (216.61.196.129)
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> My machines are using internal ip address. Server address 192.168.1.1
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> The LRP routes FTP request to 216.61.196.129 to 192.168.1.1 running wu-ftpd.
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> When most clients try to connect to my ftp server, they are able to establish the connection but not able to do 'ls' or 'get' or 'put'.  They are able to do 'cd' and 'pwd'.
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> When they say
> ftp>ls
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> It says:
> 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,1,115,233)
> ftp: connect: No route to host
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> I am able to do traceroute to the ftp server from a client's machine.
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> Thanks in advance
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