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From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer)
Subject: Re: 3Com 3C900 PCI ethernet card?
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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
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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.

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