to open FTP connection to Win Server.

[jsabarese]

using GNOME, i've been going from the taskbar, Places > Connect to Server > and then the FTP address w/ my username, etc. this works perfectly for my Linux server accounts, but those that i have which are on Windows Servers-- that method is not working.

Do i need to use Wine? if so-- how? where can i learn how to use that? all i've done has been to pull up the config window... and one other time it automatically opened for something... an archive unpacking.. i forget. anyway-- i didn't see any specific way of getting into wine-- if that's in fact what i need to do.

maybe i just need a windows-friendly 'FTP Client'? it took me a while to realize that FTP is available as part of GNOME, but it's not working for my windows server.

thanks!

[liro]

try using gftp (is an application).

your problem could be, that your win-server-ftp is changing to passive-ftp which is not allowed by your local firewall (iptables)? in this case, your ftp-server sends the client new ports for communicating (above 1024), which you can't know before and so you can't insert in your iptables-rules (if this is the case, you must edit your win-ftp-server config to not switch to passive mode).

also, maybe try login via normal terminal and ftp command....if all went ok, try switching to passive mode with 'passive'...if this doesn't work its the problem described above...

liro