Joal Heagney wrote:
> I'm locked behind a firewall that only allows netscape as an ftp client,
> and the ftpsite that texstar has set up has a maximum number of users
> equal to ten, so downloading all the files I need is a real chore and
> chews up a lot of my allocated student net time. Considering how popular
> these packages are, they really need to be put onto a more accessable
> mirror site. Hmm. I'll get in contact with the mirror.aarnet.edu.au
> manager and see what he can do.
> --
I think the reason you can't get any other FTP clients through is
because you're not using them in "passive" mode (sometimes abbreviated
pasv). Browsers like IE and Netscape always use passive.
