ftp problem

[systemtek]

I have a very odd ftp problem that has started in the past few days.

Every night i have 2 ftp scripts that connect to 2 different servers to
transfer files to my PC, they connect to a remote web servers.

One script works fine ( so i guess i can rule out local firewall etc or
that wouldnt work )

The script uses ftp in dos and does :


goto done
open ftp.blahblah.co.uk
username
password
ascii
hash
lcd "c:\documents and settings\ME\my documents\backups\LOGS"
cd etc
cd backup
mget *sql

Both scripts are the same ones runs one dont.
If i do it manually it still wont work i get error :

200 PORT command successful

It just hangs on that, any ideas why it hangs ?

I can FTP ok to it via FTP software with no probs this has started in
last few days.

 

[John Wunderlich]

I have a very odd ftp problem that has started in the past few
days.

Every night i have 2 ftp scripts that connect to 2 different
servers to transfer files to my PC, they connect to a remote web
servers.

One script works fine ( so i guess i can rule out local firewall
etc or that wouldnt work )

The script uses ftp in dos and does :


goto done
open ftp.blahblah.co.uk
username
password
ascii
hash
lcd "c:\documents and settings\ME\my documents\backups\LOGS"
cd etc
cd backup
mget *sql

Both scripts are the same ones runs one dont.
If i do it manually it still wont work i get error :

200 PORT command successful

It just hangs on that, any ideas why it hangs ?

I can FTP ok to it via FTP software with no probs this has started
in last few days.

This smells like an active / passive mode FTP problem.
The "DOS" (Command prompt) FTP supports only active mode FTP.
Just about any other recent FTP software supports both modes.
Try using a software FTP program such as FileZilla
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/>
and look through the preferences to find where you can set active /
passive mode and check to see if files will transfer in both modes.

HTH,
John

 

[systemtek]

Thanks but like i said its been working fine for ages and stopped
suddanly, nothing changed in the scripts......

 

[John Wunderlich]

Thanks but like i said its been working fine for ages and stopped
suddanly, nothing changed in the scripts......

Nothing may have changed at your end but what about the server end? A
different FTP server or the addition of a firewall can make a big
difference.
-- John

 

[systemtek]

Nothing changed at the other end, in fact if i use a different PC on my
network it works fine, its something to do with this microsoft
tcpip.sys bug that got updated on 16th Oct ive found but the the fix
that a few people have issued has not helped me.