I'm Unable to access ftp sites

[ajith3333]

When i try to access FTP sites ex: ftp://ftp.redhat.com .the follwing error occurs.What should i do
Please help me
Thanks
regards
Ajith


While trying to retrieve the URL: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/

The following error was encountered:

* Connection Failed

The system returned:

(110) Connection timed out

The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.

[trunty]

Can you telnet to it?

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telnet ftp.redhat.com 21
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If not then it is going to be a networking/firewall issue.

Output should look something like the below.

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[root@stan ~]# telnet ftp.redhat.com 21
Trying 209.132.176.30...
Connected to ftp.redhat.com (209.132.176.30).
Escape character is '^]'.
220 Red Hat FTP server ready. All transfers are logged. (FTP) [no EPSV]
^]
telnet> quit
Connection closed.
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[davidanand]

hey,

let me know the ethtool eth0 .. check your network that u are getting
use the following commands ... on the server issue the commands
modprobe ip_conntrack
modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp

[pnorten462]

Have you ever used ftp server before this issue?
if you want to use ftp site for getting more knowledge than you can use it, it will help you more.