This was thr problem..
I got a spit of unlaziness and searched on google and found I had to tell it
to use passive mode.
I've never had to do this before, so it really confused me..
I just rebuilt my server and firewall, but nothing is really different.
Except my server is now slack 8 instead of a custom built 7.1.

But I thank you for the response anyway!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rusty Carruth" <rustyc@descomp.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: ftp help!!


> >
> >
> > Anyone have any idea why I get this when I try to ftp to ftp.kernel.org
> > or any other site for that matter?  I can get to my own ftp server, but
> > not any on the net.
> >
>
> Are you running through a firewall?
>
> FTP is funny - it wants to make a connection BACK for the data path,
> instead of all connections originating from your side.  Firewalls
> have a small problem with that ;-)
>
> Check to see if passive mode is on (I think thats what its for), and
> also see if you have the firewall set up to allow ftp through (what,
> ftp proxy?  I think thats it)
>
> hope this helps!
>
> rc
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