Thanks, Spot on. Solved the problem Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly French" <kfrench@unitedis.com> To: "Pat Grogan" <pat@rallypro.com.au> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Problems with FTP from behind firewall > does your firewall use linux masquerading? If so, load the ip_masq_ftp > module. > > -kf > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Pat Grogan wrote: > > > I am attempting to ftp from a WIN98 machine behind a firewall and get this strange message: > > > > C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>ftp -i 144.134.50.14 > > Connected to 144.134.50.14. > > 220 indev1 FTP server (Version 1.7.212.1 Thu May 9 21:10:27 GMT 1996) ready. > > User (144.134.50.14:(none)): pgrogan > > 331 Password required for pgrogan. > > Password: > > 230 User pgrogan logged in. > > ftp> ls > > 500 You've GOT to be joking. > > 425 Can't build data connection: Connection refused. > > ftp> > > > > I suspect it is due to some authentication being performed at the far end on the source IP address. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Pat Grogan > > Pat@rallypro.com.au > > www.rallypro.com.au > > > > > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org