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Re: ftp from behind gateway problem.

kim@vigilant.bc.ca
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 22:19:41 -0800 (PST)

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On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Lydia Travers wrote:

> Hi I am using ws-ftp le on a win 98 box that is behind a RH 5.1
> gateway. IP forwarding is on and can surf, telnet out, icq etc... When
> it comes to ftp though have some trouble in a regular dos ftp session i
> can connect but cant do an ls get an error like:
>
> 500 Illegal PORT Command
> 425 Can't build data connection: Connection refused.
>
> anyone know how to resolve this?
>
> Thank you,
> Fenton
>

Hello

If you haven't you need to load the ip_masq_ftp.o module. For data
transfer FTP opens another port. This module will redirect that port to
your FTP client.

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Kim Kulak
Vigilant Internet Services Ltd.
kim@vigilant.bc.ca

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