In message <4c78cc0d.8050...@sschwarzer.net>, Stefan Schwarzer wrote:
> In message <i59iug$eu...@lust.ihug.co.nz>, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >> It might not be the fault of the FTP server. If you’re going through a >> router doing NAT, that could be where the timeout is happening. > > Good point, thanks! That may explain why it's a low-level > socket error instead of a 4xx timeout message from the > server which I would have expected. The reason why I thought of it was because it kept happening to me back when I was using a D-Link DSL-500 to provide my ADSL connection. Unfortunately... > If it's the router, the OP might try to change their router > settings to get rid of the problem. ... if they’re using a typical consumer ADSL router box like the above, they may not have any NAT table timeout settings to play with to cure the problem. I certainly couldn’t find any in mine. In my case, I solved the problem by using a Linux box as my router. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
