FTP not working

[fitzjj]

My ftp seems to be playing up a bit, for some servers there is no problem but most of the time it goes something like this:

ftp> open ftp.someftpserver.com
Connected to ftp.someftpserver.com.
220 ftp.someftpserver.com FTP server (SunOS 5.8) ready.
Name (ftp.someftpserver.com): XXX
331 Password required for XXX.
Password:
230 User XXX logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||61305|)

And then it will hang for a while, normally several minutes, before it times out. Now i assumed initially that the server was extremely busy or not correctly set up but this is not the case since it happens on most servers i connect to, all of which work correctly when i use ftp from my windows box.

anyone have any idea how to fix this?

 

[horndude]

extended passive mode?

are you behind a router, if so is the ruleset set correctly?

 

[fitzjj]

I'm behind the same routers as with my windows box so i dont think the problem is there.

I tried entering with bosth passive mode on and off, neither seem to work although i do get some differences:

ftp> passive
Passive mode: off; fallback to active mode: off.
ftp> ls
200 EPRT command successful.

where as with passive on i get:

ftp> ls
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||63390|)


both of which hang though.

 

[horndude]

have no clue, but I will think on it awhile