Re^3: $ftp not connecting to server

IronCore the windows server name needs to resolve and there needs to be an ftp server running there. Have you tried connecting to the machine with a normal ftp client?

-derby

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Re^4: $ftp not connecting to server by IronCore (Initiate) on Oct 12, 2009 at 18:12 UTC
derby, shees I found the problem, I need to ftp through our proxy server. Once I did that perl ftp work just fine. Thanks a lot for your help.	[reply]
Re^4: $ftp not connecting to server by IronCore (Initiate) on Oct 12, 2009 at 16:41 UTC
derby, I tried pinging the server and it times out. I'm missing something.	[reply]
Re^5: $ftp not connecting to server by derby (Abbot) on Oct 12, 2009 at 16:54 UTC
That could either be a DNS issue or a firewall issue. Either way, you need to be able to contact the server first (can the DNS name be resolved to an IP address) and then connect (is there an ftp server running on the machine). -derby	[reply]