On 07 Feb 2021, August Abolins said the following...
 
 AA>  AI> If anyone has the time I'd be intereted in hearing about
 AA>  AI> success and/or failure with ftp at trmb.synchro.net.

 AA> Still a nogo for me:

Doesn't work for me either when using the windows command line:

ftp> open trmb.synchro.net
Connected to trmb.synchro.net.
220-The Rusty MailBox (trmb.synchro.net)
 Synchronet FTP Server 3.18c-Linux Ready
220 Please enter your user name.
501 Option not supported.
User (trmb.synchro.net:(none)): anonymous
331 User name okay, give your full e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-Guest logged in.
230-You have 20725760 download credits.
230 You are allowed 1440 minutes of use for this session.
ftp> ls
200 PORT Command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.

It just hangs at that last line forever.

It DOES work for me on the same machine when using FileZilla.  A quick Google
search says that the Windows ftp command line client only uses active mode whereas other clients such as FileZilla & WinSCP offer passive mode.

My guess is that my router doesn't support active FTP transfers, which I believe is quite common behind NAT.


Maybe try FileZilla on the same machine and see if it's the same for you?

https://filezilla-project.org


Jay

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