Re: QSSTV won't do ftp to ISP
> This is just a complete guess, but I've also had issues with certain
> FTP hosts. Typically, I can FTP from behind my LAN to any FTP host and
> move files (in passive mode). However, there are some hosts who I can
> connect with, but can not get/put files, nor even fetch a directory
> listing. The only way I can do it is to SSH to my router and FTP to
> that host from the router (that is directly connected to the Internet).
Hmm, this may explain Harv's problem.
Most standalone ftp clients can do passive mode, and many auto-detect
the need for it. However embedded clients may not auto-detect,
or even support passive at all.
In non-passive ftp, the server sets up a separate connection to the
client for actual file transfers. This breaks in firewall land,
of course. Passive ftp reverses the data connections: the client
connects to the server.
Harv: check to see if qsstv has a passive ftp setting. If that
fails, and your firewall is not a hardware device, you might look
into something like the jftpgw package, an ftp proxy.
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