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Suicidal Sledder
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2009 01:51
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Im trying to connect to an FTP client. It works fine using the native Windows FTP client software but this software is minimal at best.

I've tried connecting to the same server using the same login info using several different FTP clients and they all return an error saying the host machine rejected the connection.

What could be the problem?

Thanks

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bitJericho
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2009 01:54
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You might have to turn on/off passive ftp

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Posted: 23rd Mar 2009 01:59 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2009 02:00
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makes no difference

my windows firewall is OFF and i am NOT behind a router.

I REALLY cant use the windows default FTP client for what i want to do... but if it works fine then why shouldnt the others? Ive tried like 3 so far...

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Posted: 23rd Mar 2009 02:24
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I'm sorry for double posting but this is fairly urgent

Are the other clients being blocked somehow? I dont think so since it says the REMOTE HOST rejects the connection. Meaning it at least communicated.

This leaves me to believe there is an invalid setting or login (but the login is the exact same)

Ive tried changing every FTP setting I can find but all to no avail.

Please help!

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bitJericho
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2009 02:52
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no idea. I'd contact the server admin to see if there's something you need to do.

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Dazzag
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2009 11:03 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2009 11:03
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Are you sure you are using the right port? Most FTP clients (and daemons) default to 21 (eg. ftp 10.21.100.1 21), but that's not always the case (it's worth using the port everytime just incase). In everything I've ever done with FTP (mainly IBM Unix boxes connecting to PC's or the other way around) it's normally a problem with access rights (user hasn't the right to view or upload/download etc) for the user or an incorrect port number. But if it works from the command prompt then pretty much every other FTP client should work with the same configuration. Also sometimes only certain IP addresses are accepted by the FTP Daemon, so is it the same PC you tried all the FTP clients (including the successfull one)? Oh, and if it's Vista perhaps worth running the clients in admin mode (annoying Vista...)

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Posted: 23rd Mar 2009 22:30
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Yes... I ran in admin mode (on vista) all the programs were on the same machine.

I also tried running a newsgroup client (port 119) and i got the same error (winsock 10061)

I'm looking thru everything to see if the ports are being blocked somehow. Usually when I install a new game, etc and it tries to access the internet a symantec window comes up asking if I want to allow it access to the network.

However throughout this entire process that window has not come up. Ive been looking everywhere trying to see if I can manually open the ports (if thats even the problem) but I cant seem to locate the symantec file...

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Benjamin
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2009 23:01 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2009 23:02
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Quote: "and i got the same error (winsock 10061)"

That usually means there's no application on that machine that is waiting on the port you're trying to connect to. I'm pretty sure the error is different if a firewall or router blocks the connection.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2009 01:03
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I looked around and noticed that many other users are having the same problem. It seems to be related to Norton Internet Security. I uninstalled it via the add/remove programs (or w/e its called in vista) and rebooted... so far it seems to be working.

Usually it prompts me but this time it didn't for some reason... very strange.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2009 01:27
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a ha! Thanks for the info

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