Hi Amber, I was problem connecting to FTP sites through an Airport Base station using OS X. If I switched to OS 9, the problem went away.
The solution was to put my ISP's DNS servers into my network settings manually, rather than letting the Airport Base Station's DHCP substitute the base station's IP in that place. I read this somewhere, maybe in a tech note on Apple's site, but can't remember where. I think this was more related to connectivity problems than to yours, but who knows. Another possible solution, hopefully a blanket one, is to go to the Network settings control panel in OS X and click on the proxies tab. You can check Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV). I have mine clicked and I'm no longer having trouble. Perhaps different clients will check that setting to see if they should be using PASV or not? If they don't, they should. on 2/3/02 9:55 AM, Amber Rhea at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > For some reason, because I'm behind a firewall (or at least, that's the only > reason I can figure) when I try to connect to some ftp servers using a web > browser or Fetch, I get an Illegal Port Command. If I use the OS X terminal, > I get the same thing, unless I set it to passive mode, in which case > everything works fine. So my question is, how can I set Fetch/IE/Netscape to > default to passive mode? Is it possible? I would like to be able to connect > to ftp servers with no problem when, say, I'm booted into OS 9. > > This only recently started happening, after the whole @Home debacle, and we > got a new IP address and new DNS servers. Weird. > > Thanks in advance! ------------- Jason Tessier Administrator macswapshop.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MacSwapShop @ http://www.macswapshop.com -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
