Re: FTP batch client and XP firewall problem

type this... open the cmd window and type ftp , open site.address.com and
see if the windows xp firewall asks you if you want to allow this
connection. It should, problem at that point should be no more
"kcnpeppa" <kcnpeppa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0CD3F97B-4E2F-4A58-BEBD-CBD8B674807C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm having trouble getting a batch script to upload files to a remote
> server
> via ftp. We've got a small LAN with a packet filtering NAT firewall at
> the
> perimeter that handles active and passive transfers without a problem. I
> first used IE with passive mode to upload and that worked fine, however,
> we
> want a scripted solution that does some other things first for the user.
> I
> don't think the ftp client that ships with XP will allow you to switch
> between active and passive. It only runs in active mode and FTP would just
> hang. I tried opening the firewall for ftp.exe but that didn't work. I
> turned on XP's firewall logging function but did not see any dropped
> packets.
> Eventually, I just temporarily disabled the XP firewall, ran the script
> and
> turned it back on. Of course, that's no good.
>
> I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.


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