FTP problems, please help!

[DABhand]

Looks like your university has blocked incoming ftp transactions on certain ports..

To get it to work? Probably change the FTP port, but meh perhaps they did a whole blackout..


Anyways fight with your uni's admin and make him open the connections.

[Play]

NO, the proxy is not the enemy. I asked around here in the dorm but everybody said the FTP is working fine, infact a dude downloaded some stuff for me from FTP because I couldn't. It seems there is a problem with *my* computer not the network.

Any ideas?

[Joe Forster/STA]

I don't know if this applies to you but I'm unable to download anything via FTP, with Total Commander, at my work place, too!

Our firewall (and proxy and mail filter etc.) doesn't support active FTP (port #21 for commands and statuses and another port for actual data transfer) and the remote FTP server doesn't support passive FTP (port #21 for both commands/statuses and data transfer).

So, I'm stuck with accessing FTP via the HTTP proxy (the proxy accesses the remote server via FTP and I access the proxy via HTTP), using this buggy shit called Getright (I've been trying to find an alternative for years but none, I found so far, support this ultra-paranoid firewall we have...

[kosmiq]

Ger rid of Norton Internet Security and use something else!
Deactivating NIS is not always enough! Try uninstalling it. Don't use it! I get 5 calls each day about that crappy prog. People can't access their email, browse certain webpages, all kind of strange behaviour and removing NIS always solves the problem!

[scaz]

Try logging in "active (non-passive)" mode. If you want to fix your passive mode, you must open 50 extra ports and route it to your computer (NAT)