Jean-Yves, try setting your ftp program to passive mode -- sometimes PASV, PASSIVE, depending on your ftp client.
Chances are your firewall prevents these things from happening. Normally, your ftp client opens a control channel to the server, and when you download files, your client opens a port, and lets the server initiate the connection. This initiating connection is often blocked by firewalls, which are designed to prevent inside computers from allowing external users from connecting to your servers -- which happens to be how ftp works. Passive mode asks the server to open a port for you to connect to. (A poster here in the lsat two weeks said such a thing was intended for server-to-server communication.. firewalls didn't exist back then. Those must have been very happy days..) On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 10:39:37AM +0200, Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a huge problem on my station: every time I try to > ftp any external (web) service, the connexion is Ok, but > when I try to make 'ls' or 'dir' no way! the answer' still > the same: > > 500 Illegal PORT Command > ftp: bind: Address already in use > > LAN: station PII400, 2.2.10, ftp=system base installation > server 486DX4/75, 2.2.10, ftp=system base installation > (firewall/gateway to cable-modem) > > AND not any log trace in any machine! > > BUT it works perfectly from the station to the server... > Aaarghh, I'm gonna make a nervous poo! > > Any suggestion will be very welcomed. > > JY > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
