ftp programs crashing :(

ok i have been using ftp programs for ages and have had no real problems, but i have just changed my server to a router (Netgear ADSL Firewall router DG834) and now the ftp programs dont seem to work

I have tried WSFTP and SmartFTP and i get the same prob with both.

They connect fine and i start the file transfer and that is good, it gets to 100% and then it waits there and WSFTP eventaully says "connect seems to have died" or somthing like that and SmartFTP seems to be say "connection closed, server timeout" now i know that it is not my host as i have asked someone else to upload and they have done it fine .... does anyone have any ideas? Is there something on the router that would cause this? this is my first router so i am new to what they can do !!

Thanks

RF

Just use passive mode.

In WSFTP passive is ticked and therefore i assume i am running it in passive mode....

anyone else

cheers

RF

When you are asking for help here, your assumption tells nothing. To support your assumption you need to copy and paste the entire FTP session log here.

If it turns out to be true, you then need to do more testing like: downloading, using browsers, another FTP client like FlashFXP or so.
In addition, you keep saying server...router, can you define the role of your server previously?
Sometime the more assumption you make (FTP passsive mode ticked and router's fault), you mislead and confuse readers. Let the readers make the asumption for you.

i apologise for any confusing i have caused.

here is a session log from WSFTP


As for the router/server thing...
I previously had a computer which i called the server. This was only used to connected to our ADSL line using Inter Connection Sharing. I have no replaced that server with a Netgrear Router. I hope that clears things up there .

I have tried SmartFTP as i mentioned in my first post, woul d a log from there help too?

i will try this FlashFXP also..
Web browsing ins fine, and i can download files fine through the browser..(ie smartftp and flashfxp is just finished...)

Thanks

RF

That server doesn't allow Active Mode (not allowing/understanding PORT command), Passive Mode only.
When it's passive mode only, you won't see the PORT command anywhere. But your FTP client appears to be using Active mode. Based on your log, for instance:

STOR index.php
451 index.php: Append/Restart not permitted, try again
PORT 192,168,0,17,6,113
200 PORT command successful
REST 4096
350 Restarting at 4096. Send STORE or RETRIEVE to initiate transfer
STOR index.php
451 index.php: Append/Restart not permitted, try again
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (66,98,242,25,155,226).
connecting data channel to 66.98.242.25:39906
data channel connected to 66.98.242.25:39906
REST 4096

Another behavior in passive mode is that, your LAN's IP as 192.168.0.17 will never be revealed. Also keep in mind that, when you are behind a hardware router, using passive-mode to connect is ALWAYS A MUST.

thanks for your reply, i managed to get in contact with my host and asked them if there was a prob at there end as my ftp program was definiatly in passive mode. They told me to turn off passive mode....now it works a treat

thanks anyway for your help

RF

>> They told me to turn off passive mode....now it works a treat

Oddly enough. I even tried to connect to their FTP server using both modes. Passive worked great, and Active had to fallback to passive (automatically) in order to work.
It appears that they have miconfigured their FTP server on their end in some ways anyway.

they say it is configured fine... strange....

RF