Re: ftp problem

Hi Linda,

now . . . I may be mistaken in thinking this is your problem, but it is one I
run into frequently - this "bogus host" thing.

Let me give you an example:

Recently, I had the complaint that of two machines on the same network sitting
side by side, one could successfully FTP into a given site, one could not.

When I did a lookup, here is what I saw:

* - 205.223.195.1   router.woodville.leon.k12.fl.us
* - 205.223.195.11   m11.woodville.leon.k12.fl.us
* - 205.223.195.12   m12.woodville.leon.k12.fl.us
* - 205.223.195.31   mail.woodville.leon.k12.fl.us
* - 205.223.195.56   m56.woodville.leon.k12.fl.us
* - 205.223.195.150   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.164   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.165   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.167   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.179   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.207   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.241   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.251   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.253   Bogus.Host
* - 205.223.195.254   Bogus.Host


As it turns out, *most* sites requiring authentication not only require a UN &
PW, but a NAMED host. Above you will se an example of the naming convention
this institution enabled. As it turns out, 205.223.195.56 could get in just
fine, 205.223.195.167 could not.

Your ISP (or whoever owns the block of addresses) is responsible for naming
them.

Again, this is not a *for sure* in your case, but it is a distinct possibility.

HTH,
Fuzzy.



At 11:24 AM 12/22/01 , Linda wrote: 
>
> Hi Captain . . . Well, the office IS on the other side of a mountain. 8-}
>
> I intended not to give too much info so that I could get the multiple
> possibilities response. And Thank you.
>
> No firewalls, no proxies. Just straight 56 modem. Same phone company.
>
> At home and at the office a G3 iMac. OS 9.0 at  home OS 9.2 at work (with OS
> X which I am not using). Fetch 3. at home and Fetch 4 at work.  BUT the Fetch
> 4 at work DOES give me access to my own host,pair.com and has for several
> weeks now since first setup . . . and now (after several unsuccessful tries),
> it lets me access ftp.webhaus.com (216.183.101.85) , but only into the site
> and then I get the message "Server response: Can't open data connection." and
> see no directories although Fetch remains active and I can ask it to search
> for a particular directory which eventually, after several seconds while that
> sweet little Spaniel runs its heart out, returns the message that such a
> directory cannot be located.
>
> A Bogus Host?  How would I know that it was bogus ?  you mean the host of the
> ftp site or my service provider? I think you mean ftp host .
>
> - Linda
>
>>
>> Linda,
>>
>> A kink in the wire?
>>
>> In order to be more specific than that we need a little more information:
>>
>> 1) What kind of computer you are using (model and OS version)
>> 2) What FTP program you are using.
>> 3) Is your branch office behind a firewall?
>> 4) Is your IP address named or is it a Bogus Host?
>>
>> See? just some little stuff like that.
>> HTH,
>> Fuzzy.
>>
>>
>> At 08:39 PM 12/21/01 , Linda wrote:
>> >At my home computer I can ftp uploads to a work site, but from a new
>> >branch office I cannot.  I get access but cannot see any directories.
>> >
>> >Any suggestions as to why this would happen.  I'm using a dialup account.
>> >
>> >Linda
>> >
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> Captain F.M. O'Lary
>> ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net
>> "I put instant coffee in a microwave and almost went back in time.  "
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