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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sgi.com!olivea!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: 3Com 3C900 PCI ethernet card? Message-ID: <nEUPGSR@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. References: <fred-0211961239570001@st-ursen.lightside.net> <7r918c6voe.fsf@sunflower.gsfc.nasa.gov> <7r4tiy6e6z.fsf@sunbaked.gsfc.nasa.gov> <56f30q$22o@anorak.utell.net> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 22:30:40 UTC Lines: 31 brian@anorak.utell.net (Brian Somers) writes: >In article <7r4tiy6e6z.fsf@sunbaked.gsfc.nasa.gov>, > tsingle@sunbaked.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Singletary) writes: >: I was a bit too hasty in my previous post. Yes, I got the 3C900 to >: partially work by hacking the vx driver -- I can ping, telnet, and a >: few other things. >: >: But it won't ftp! If I ftp somewhere, I get connected, the `dir' and >: `cd' commands work, but if I `get' anything, the ftp just hangs and >: all I get is a 0-length file. >: >: Oddly enough, while ftp is hung, I can still ping, telnet, etc. from >: another window! >: >: Any suggestions? >Sounds like a firewall problem to me. If you see something about a PORT command, you can try turning passive mode on (the command is 'pass'). If this works while port commands didn't, then it definately is a firewall issue. P.s. If there are sites out there where passive ftp doesn't work, refer them to RFC-1579. -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | "For too long the men have messed N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | things up. It's time to give the +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | women an opportunity." URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | -- Diane Feinstein