Thanks guys your are the best .


cheers! Tony

On 05-Mar-99 R. C. Dowdeswell wrote:
> 
> Are you doing NAT, or Packet filtering?  If so, try using passive FTP.
> Netscape uses passive, IIRC, by default.  To get the command line ftp
> to use passive mode, just type passive at the command line.
> 
> On 920652181 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
> dbsaint@bellsouth.net wrote:
>>
>>When I ftp out on the net to any FTP site. I get errors trying to list the
>>contents of directories. Netscape has no problem with this. But I cant upload
>>in Netscape . so without further adue heres my situation. < this all works
>>fine
>>when im in my linux partition btw >
>>
>>230 User tony logged in.
>>Remote system type is UNIX.
>>Using binary mode to transfer files.
>>ftp> ls
>>500 Illegal PORT Command
>>500 Can't build data connection: no PORT specified
>>ftp> 
>>
>>Heres a diagram of my network right quick:
>>
>>[internet via ppp] ----- [linux router] ----------- [ NetBSD 1.3.2 ]
>>
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>>Date: 05-Mar-99
>>Time: 08:38:46
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>  == Roland Dowdeswell
>  == http://www.imrryr.org/~elric/

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