On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, root wrote:

> I have been trying to download a snapshot
> from ftp.netbsd.org for two days now, but
> the server is broken.  It will not allow you
> to "ls" a directory, I get an error after a few
> minuets, Can't built data connection: Operation
> timed out.
> When I try to download a file, its starts but
> soon after I get the same error message.
> Can someone please fix this.

"Works for me."

This is usually the result of filtering or firewalling that is not
allowing the proper ports through for FTP.  You can try using a browser to
browse the ftp server (browsers use a slightly different method of FTP) if
you have one handy.

Hope this helps,

- Jon
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