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Re: FTP on PPP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lai wai kuen)
Sun Mar 24 14:30:05 1996
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 10:49:15 +0800 (HKG)
From: lai wai kuen <lai@amh.hk.super.net>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
On 23 Mar 1996, LAVAUX Yves wrote:
> Hi !
>
> I am using Linux 1.3.77 on a 486 DX2/66.
> I am a bit disappointed. When I want to use a standard ftp client, like ftp or
> xftp, on
> a machine on my network it begins connecting to remote host but, when I do the
> first "ls" or "cd", it begins waiting and never returns.
> However if I use netscape navigator ftp or if I use ftp on the PPP gateway
> (which has
> firewall masquerade option activated), it works without problems.
> I think it is a routing problem.
> All other clients seem to work (above all Netscape with WWW and ftp).
>
> Thanks to answer me.
>
> PS: I am not on the mailing list, send your answers to my personnal email
> address.
>
Standard ftp client can't get through masqueraded firewall gateway because
ftp client wait connection from the ftp server when switching to data transfer
mode. Use passive mode if possible, otherwise use your masqueraded firewall
for ftp. Netscape and most WWW navigator use passive mode ftp.
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