On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 01:17:37PM +0000, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Manuel
> 
> > how does it fail ?
> 
> ftp 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/2.0/i386/All/bash-2.05.2.7nb2.tgz
> 
> Logs in and does all the usual things such as..
> 
> " 250 CWD command successful
> 250 CWD command successful
> 250 CWD command successful
> local: bash-2.05.2.7nb2.tgz  remote: bash-2.05.2.7nb2.tg
> 229 Entering Passive Mode (|||52258|)
> 200 EPRT command successful
> 
> 421 Service not available, remote server timed out.  Connection 
> closed."
> 
> Tried other servers same thing happens.

Looks like a firewall issue. It can't open the data connection.
Do you have a filtering router on the path ?
Eventually you can look at the packets on the wire with tcpdump.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
--