Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 10:26:45 02/21/03
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On February 21, 2003 at 10:48:14, Frank Phillips wrote: >On February 21, 2003 at 08:34:19, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On February 21, 2003 at 05:33:12, Frank Phillips wrote: >> >>>On February 20, 2003 at 15:39:32, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On February 20, 2003 at 14:02:33, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>>> >>>>>... is almost everbody playing [rather meaningless?] blitz games 5m/game or even >>>>>less?? With hardware 3-5 times faster than today, we shall soon see matches at >>>>>1m/game. And then it will be high time for me to find a new hobby, grrrr .... >>>> >>>>Here are nearly 4000 games at slow time control: >>>>ftp://cap.connx.com/The%20Gauntlet/contest/ >>>> >>>>I share your dislike of blitz. In the same way, some people will prefer a hot >>>>dog and soda to steak and champaign. >>>>*shrug* >>> >>>It would be so nice to be able to access this site. I have tried ftp clients >>>(active and passive), various browser, including IE (shudder), but all to no >>>avail. >>> >>>Any hints? >>> >>>Frank >> >>I've always been able to get it with just a command-line ftp in Linux. Once it's >>open you have to switch to passive (or is it active?) mode. Then it's just like >>any other ftp site for me... >> >>Cheers >> >>Andrew > > >Andrew > >Thanks, but failed again. There is obviously more going on here than I >understand. > >Frank > > >Name (cap.connx.com:fp): 331 User name okay, Need password. >Password: >230 User logged in. >Remote system type is UNIX. >Using binary mode to transfer files. >ftp> mode active >We only support stream mode, sorry. >ftp> mode passive >We only support stream mode, sorry. >ftp> ls >227 Entering Passive Mode (209,20,248,158,15,15) > >close >ftp: connect: Connection timed out >ftp> 221 Goodbye. Control connection closed. >ftp> I think your problem is the "mode..." command. I get the same error when I type that. The correct command is "passive". Here is my whole session: ========= FTP SESSION ============== andyw/chess> andyw/chess> ftp cap.connx.com Connected to 209.20.248.158. 220-CAP 220 Please enter your name: Name (cap.connx.com:andyw): anonymous 331 User name okay, Need password. Password: <my email address> 230 User logged in. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> passive Passive mode: off; fallback to active mode: off. ftp> dir 500 'EPRT': command not understood. 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls (4819 bytes). drwxrw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 6 5:25 a-openings drwxrw-rw- 1 root root 0 Sep 13 2002 Alibaba drwxrw-rw- 1 root root 0 Sep 13 2002 amy drwxrw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 28 12:25 APR-CL drwxrw-rw- 1 root root 0 Sep 13 2002 Arasan5.0 drwxrw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 6 3:22 b-openings [ SNIPPED LONG DIRECTORY LISTING ] 226 Transfer successful. ftp> get smileys.txt local: smileys.txt remote: smileys.txt 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening binary mode data connection for /smileys.txt (27963 bytes). 100% |*******[snip]**************************************************| 27963 37.04 KB/s 00:00 ETA 226 Transfer complete. 27963 bytes in 1 sec. (27.96 Kb/s). 27963 bytes received in 00:01 (25.89 KB/s) ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. Control connection closed. andyw/chess> ========== END OF FTP SESSION =============== Cheers Andrew
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