ftp windoze <- fc3 works fine, ftp fc3 <- fc3 doesn't work? (for me)

[Paul Howarth]

Bob Brennan wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:21:51 +0100, Alexander Boström <abo at kth.se> wrote:
> 
>>mån 2005-03-14 klockan 11:12 +0000 skrev Bob Brennan:
>>
>>
>>>ftp> ls
>>>227 Entering Passive Mode (xx,xxx,xxx,xx,xxx,xxx).
>>>ftp: connect: No route to host
>>
>>Sounds like a firewall problem. But why don't you use SFTP instead? On
>>Windows you can use WinSCP, Filezilla and the commercial SSH client. On
>>FC3 you might be able to use Nautilus as a SFTP client.
> 
> 
> Thanks Alexander but what I really need is KISS U -> Keep It Simple
> for Simple Users.
> 
> I doubt it's a firewall problem since the same machine running XP is
> easy and flawless, and using FC3 there is a connection but it is
> limited to "pwd" and "cd" and will not allow ls, or get or send; which
> kinda important.
> 
> The last ftp user (sales-type) that needed to download a large
> presentation needed step-by-step instructions that went like...
> 1. on the windows Start Menu
> 2. choose Run
> 3. enter command.com [don't forget to press the Enter key]
> 4. when you see a little black box enter blah blah blah for many more lines
> 
> "ftp myserver.net, log on as 'anonymous', enter 'get filename.ppt''"
> is challenging enough but is universal to all machines and fairly
> idiot proof - on Windoze machines.
> 
> ...unless it's my server running proFTP and getting a connection from
> _FC3_ ftp. My question is how to KISS just plain old ftp from FC3?

I think he meant it's a firewall issue on the FC3 *client* side. If you 
disable the client's firewall, does it work?

Paul.