Command Line FTP Problems

[Bob Sheen]

Hi, I’m using Windows XP Pro updated with all latest windows update patches. The problem I’m facing with this system is don’t know why the command line FTP program stopped working suddenly. Whenever I execute ‘IS’ command after logging in to FTP server, it gives me the following error message:

ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
425 Failed to establish connection.

Is there any working solution apart from installing Windows again? Thanks for all your helps.

[Patton]

As far as i know this is probably an issue related to Active-mode / Passive mode. You should know that the FTP.exe is only compatible with active mode. Hence when you enter the 'quote PASV' command it puts server in passive mode, but the client is still in active mode. You need to find an FTP client that supports passive mode.Hope it helps.

[Stu1000]

Hi,

You could try the passive version of FTP.exe.