Re: [SLUG] FTP and the Lynksys router

From: Russell Hires (rhires@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 08:55:51 EDT


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

If you can ssh to your tower from your laptop, why don't you just scp
everything, rather than ftp? That way you don't have to worry about ftp...

Russell

On Thursday 25 April 2002 20:43 pm, you wrote:
> Ok, probably a simple question:
>
> I currently have simple network set up that looks like this:
>
> Tower**************|
> (SuSE 7.3)>>>>>>>>>|
> *******************|>>>(Connected to)>>Lynksys Router-->(Internet)
> Laptop*************|
> (Drake 8.1)>>>>>>>>|
>
> (Hope that was understandable)
>
> I'm trying to ftp into my tower from my laptop (so I can drop off some
> stuff - switching the system over to SuSE 8.0 for a whirl). My tower
> currently has FTP open but I still can't get through to it from the
> laptop. I can ping, telnet, ssh, scp, blah blah blah. Nevertheless, I
> can't get through to the tower. This is what gFTP outputs:
>
> Looking up 192.168.1.101
> Trying 192.168.1.101:21
> Connected to 192.168.1.101:21
> <foot note> after about 5 seconds</foot note>
> Disconnecting from site 192.168.1.101
> Waiting 30 seconds until trying to connect again
>
> Is the router stopping this by any chance? Is there something inherently
> wrong with my Drake system? Will Rocky be able to get to Bullwinkle in
> time to save him from the dastardly Boris and Natasha?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gnorb

- --
Linux -- the OS for the Renaissance Man
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQE8yU5aAqKGrvVshJQRAo2+AJ9LM2unDXKa4sJBD7NtaFq2cRZJiwCdF7Ki
I8dudt9rwR3dj1YtZIkIZXQ=
=5c10
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 20:42:08 EDT