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Subject: Re: Why on earth ...

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 11:38:47 02/21/03

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On February 21, 2003 at 13:26:45, Andrew Williams wrote:

>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


Andrew

Thanks.  I played copy cat to no avail.  There are some strange messages, even
though I seemed to gain access.

I give up.

Frank


[fp@asus fp]$ ftp cap.connx.com
Connected to cap.connx.com.
220-CAP
220 Please enter your name:
500 'AUTH': command not understood.
500 'AUTH': command not understood.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (cap.connx.com:fp): anonymous
331 User name okay, Need password.
Password:
230 User logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> passive
Passive mode off.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls (4819 bytes).






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