> Next time please send the debug output (wget -d ...)
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[root@localhost Xfree]# wget -d
ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/Xf100.tgz
DEBUG output created by Wget 1.7.1-pre1 on linux-gnu.
parseurl
("ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/Xf100.tgz";)
-> host ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de -> ftp_type I -> opath
pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/Xf100.tgz -> dir
pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22 -> file Xf100.tgz -> ndir
pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22
newpath: /pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/Xf100.tgz
--22:39:54--
ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/Xf100.tgz
=> `Xf100.tgz'
Connecting to ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de:21... Caching ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de <-> 130.149.17.12
Created fd 3.
connected!
Logging in as anonymous ... 220 ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de FTP server ready.
--> USER anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
--> PASS -wget@
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Logged in!
==> SYST ...
--> SYST
215 UNIX Type: L8
done. ==> PWD ...
--> PWD
257 "/" is current directory.
done.
==> TYPE I ...
--> TYPE I
200 Command okay.
done. changing working directory
Prepended initial PWD to relative path:
old: 'pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22'
new: '/pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22'
==> CWD /pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22 ...
--> CWD /pub/X/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22
250 CWD command successful.
done.
==> PORT ... Master socket fd 4 bound.
--> PORT 192,168,1,101,134,250
200 Command okay.
done. ==> RETR Xf100.tgz ...
--> RETR Xf100.tgz
150 File status okay; about to open data connection.
done.
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> Just a guess, but are your new network connection using NAT. And if so
> does the router (or firewall) has a FTP proxy to allow active FTP
> connections through ?
> If not, try using passive mode.
I'm not sure what NAT is but I don't need a proxy to download files with konqueror, so
I suppose
I don't need a proxy for wget.
I tried passive mode and now it works but what does passive mode means? why do i need
that?
