[tech] a query on troubleshooting an Ethernet card

[Ian McKellar]

On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 12:26:25PM -0700, David Graeme Chinnery wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I figured someone might have a clue about this. I bought a computer
> for myself, and have been in the process of setting stuff up. Reading
> web pages (http) works fine ... but ftp doesn't ... it was sitting
> on a Windows NT network and able to see the other machines.

I'm not sure about hardware issues, but http working and ftp not working
usually means a firewall issue. With regular FTP the server has to connect
back to the client, so if you're behind some sort of firewall FTP might
not work.
> 
> PS: I'm working down in Silicon Valley for the summer, then back to 
> getting on with my Ph.D. after that. It should be a nice break.

Cool :-)

Who are you going to work for?

Ian

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