on 4/24/99 7:52 AM, Ken Nakata was rumored to have said...

>On Sat, 24 Apr 1999 01:34:22 -0400, Greg Evans wrote:
>> HI, I would like to grab a few files on my mac via FTP...the problems is 
>> that when I use an FTP client on the mac using my NETBSD box for NAT, I 
>> get an illegal port command with my mac ftp client.  ftp from the NetBSD 
>> box works fine...
>> 
>> Anyone know what I need to do to fix this?
>
>It's more like a work-around than a fix, but can you try to use
>"passive" mode on the client side?
>
>Ken

Oddly enough...I had set pasv mode in fetch and it didn't work...but 
today, I wake up and uncheck then recheck the box and like magic it 
works...

Dunno, but thanks to all that replied

Greg