On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 10:33 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Bob Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Recently set up a firewall using ipf and apparently ran into a problem > > with FTP sites. Received error, "No route to host" while fetching files > > located on ftp sites during portupgrade and also was unable to open the > > FreeBSD FTP Server (550 Could not accept passive data connection-timed > > out.) Had no problem once I disabled the firewall. > > > > I noticed there was a test utility called ipftest available but the man > > page didn't help me understand how it functions. Has anyone utilized > > this utility? Is there a site that is more informative than the man > > page? > > > > In the mean time, I do remember scanning an article on active FTP vs > > passive FTP which may be a good "next step" given the browser error > > message 550. > > The ipf section in the Handbook has a whole subsection on dealing with FTP.
Read a lot today and when I went back to the handbook, everything seemed to fall into place. Not sure I understand it all yet, but... Thanks, Bob _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
