Re: [vox-tech] ftp question

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@diMAPSrac.org>]

hi ted,

just to let you know, i forgot to uncomment ip_masq_ftp.o from /etc/modules.

occam's razor strikes again...  :)

pete

On Sun 03 Dec 00,  5:48 PM, Ted Deppner said...
> On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 05:16:01PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > ftp> ls
> > 500 Illegal PORT command.
> > ftp: bind: Address already in use
> 
> Some relevant (or respective) IP numbers would help... are you behind a
> firewall, masquerading router, etc, etc [1]?  Are you running a 2.4 series
> kernel [2]?
> 
> My first guess is misconfigured firewall, totally a shot in the dark
> though.
> 
> Drop in some info we can narrow it in.  :)
> 
> 
> [1]  and haven't loaded the requisite module for handling FTP traffic?
> 
> [2]  and the remote server has a problem with TCP ECN (Explicit Congestion
> Notification) bits which 2.4 has on by default in certain kernel builds?
> This is the problem if you find that you cannot browse www.ibm.com.
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn" to turn off ECN in a 2.4 kernel.
> 
> -- 
> Ted Deppner
> http://www.psyber.com/~ted/