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August 25, 2005

Firewall problems

This one keeps coming up: problems FTPing due to a firewall. This thread ("Windows XP SP2") does a great job of providing solutions and discussing the issue.

If you're having firewall problems (or, as it's more commonly known, the "FTP just stopped working all of a sudden and I have no idea why" problem), try one -- or all -- of these:

- Allow WS_FTP access to the Internet
- Allow port 21 (the FTP default port) to be used
- Allow any other port you're trying to FTP through to be used
- Reset your firewall settings (typically, WS_FTP is recognized as a safe program)
- Toggle the passive transfer option

You can also, as a temporary solution, turn off the firewall. If you turn off the firewall and FTP works again, you know the problem is with the firewall.

Posted by Van K at August 25, 2005 08:41 AM digg this add to del.icio.us add to My Web Furl this page

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