Why Can't I FTP using XP Pro?

I have been trying fo rseveral days to figure this out. First let me give you my system specs;

SOYO KT400 Platinum
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
512MB Crucial 3200
ATI Radeon 9600
Creative Audigy 2
3com Etherlink XL10/100 TL NIC
Motorola Cable Modem
Western Digital 200GB HDD
Built in RAID W/2 Western Digital 120GB HDD's
Sony DRU510A
Lite-On LTR 32123s
Lite-On LTD 163D
Enermax 600Watt Whisper

Okay with that done let me explain what I have done so far. I installed Flash FXP and WS_FTP Pro so that I can get some files moving between my Xbox and my computer. I also would like to use them to access an FTP site called Xbins. However, each time I try to connect to their server it says, "Finding host distribution.xbins.org... > Connecting to 199.3.239.231:21 > Connected to 199.3.239.231:21 in 0.015625 seconds, Waiting for Server Response". Then it says, "Failed to receive response after connect". It does this in both programs and I cannot figure out why . I called my provider and asked them if they block any ports and they said no. They even walked me through a couple of things to try and get it to work but no luck. Please guys can you help me out here?

Do you know anyone else who is able to connect to distribution.xbins.org successfully? The reason I am asking, is that way you can rule out that the problem isn't on their end, and is actually on your end.

I have XP Pro and I can FTP fine...

Did your service provider have you check the response to wait time limit? I think you can alter the amount of time your computer waits till it times out. Are you sitting behind a firewall? If so what brand is it? And are you NATing?

You have a username and password? Try going thru a command prompt

then enter the user name and password. If you need a list of the command prompt ftp commands see if you can get in that way and download the programs you need.

Bigwebmaster- I tried connecting to a couple of other FTP sites with similar results. So I can rule out that it is a problem on their end.

ModernDestroyer-

I did not check the response to wait time limit. I thought about the firewall issue too so I uninstalled my zone alarm pro. I am not sure what NATing is please explain. I will try connecting directly via CMD prompt.

No luck with the CMD prompt FTPing It says connection closed at remote host. Any other ideas?

How could I find out if my service provider is telling the truth or not about any blocked ports? Something tells me they are not telling the truth Also, if they are is there a way around that?

You might try and get a port scanner off the internet and see if the ports are open. NATing is Network Address Translation, most firewalls now a days have it. What it does is translates a public IP address into a private address. The firewall will have a public address assigned to its WAN port and usually the firewall will be a DHCP server and serve out IP addresses on it's internal ports. That is where the private addresses will come from. You may have as many as 20 computers behind the firewall but all anybody else will see is that one public address is really busy. The whole reason for the NATing is to keep people out of your network or computer.

If you get the scanner and run it, don't be surprised if you get a call from your ISP asking if you have a virus on your computer. The reason I say that is they watch there traffic and anything coming from inside there network pinging sequela numbers and port scanning. Allot of viruses do IP and port scans across networks. But if you can run the scan and you find out if port 21 is blocked. Then give your ISP a phone call and try and talk to a tech and tell him/her your problem.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

i never thought of that
i could just try that if one of my friends has a problems like that
good advice

chao!

Hi all, Im new here but you all seem to know your stuff and I found this thread whilst googling so heres the deal, ive read the many tutorials located on other sites and this is whats happening (and what ive done so far)
I have Windows XP Pro running, a VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet Adapter installed with the most up to date drivers, a working cross over cable (it is working and it is a crossover cable)

The following are exerpts from a tutorial that im basically using as a checklist.

Basically you can setup the [Network] Section of your evox.ini to look like this:
[Network]
SetupNetwork = Yes
StaticIP = Yes
Ip = 192.168.0.3
Subnetmask = 255.255.255.0
Defaultgateway =
DNS1 = 0.0.0.0
DNS2 = 0.0.0.0

DONE

You may also have SkipifNoLink and you can set that to No.
Also verify your [FTP] Section looks like this:
[FTP]
Enable = Yes
Password = xbox
IGR = No

DONE

Now on your computer go to the properties of the NIC that has a crossover cable connected to the Xbox. Click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then properties. Enter the following:
IP Address: 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: <leave blank>
DNS: <leave blank>

DONE

That’s it. Simple huh? Now set up your FTP Client. For FlashFXP, install the program and run it. Click on “Site Manager” then click to create a new site. Name it Xbox or whatever and for the IP enter 192.168.0.3, verify the port is 21. The username and password are both “xbox”, all lower-case and without the quotes. Go to options and uncheck any check marks on PASV or passive mode. Apply the settings and connect.

DONE

Guess what?

'Connection timed out' error

So heres what I see on the system settings on the xbox;

Type : Static
IP: 192.168.0.3
Line Status 10/Half Duplex
Ethernet Mac Address 00:50:F2:D6:85:45
Setup Network: Yes
Use Static IP : Yes
IP: 192.168.03
Subnetmask : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:
DNS 0.0.0.0
DNS 0.0.0.0
Setup Delay: 5
Skip Setup if No Link : No

And further down..

Enable : Yes
Password : xbox
IGR : No


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On my pc the details are exact as they are printed in the info above, the only things ive done different since this is force the speed of my card through the configure/advanced/connection type from automatic to 10mb half duplex, and as a result the previously 'no link' xbox suddenly found the card. Also ive seen on the net reports of people disabling the media sense on xp and 2000 machines (via registry) for people having 'media disconnected' errors when typing ipconfig /all or 'network cable unplugged' errors, so i did this which got rid of the 'media disconnected' but not the 'network cable unplugged', anyway, here is the report from the ipconfig /all.


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : andy
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

PPP adapter DSLW-EA900 USB ADSL Driver:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.26.101.104
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.26.101.104
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.26.107.2
81.26.107.3

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-F4-5F-51-36
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Also, i scanned for the blaster worm as i also heard that maybe a culprit in this situation but im clean and patched.

I can also Ping localhost and 192.168.0.2 but not 192.168.0.3 (xbox) which reports a timeout.

Now im not sure of where to proceed from here on in, im still unable to ftp although i have made some marginal progress, any help is appreciated ,and i think ive provided all the info that anyone should need, please help as im going grey more rapid than id like.

Did you manage to network your XBox with your PC? I have the exact same problem, it's still timing out and i've been at it for days now, i have XP Pro.

it turned out to be a dodgy pin on the nic in the xbox, a little messing with a screwdriver got it lined up again, after all the headaches i had it turned out to be something as simple as that, typical.

it would have been a little easier with a paper clip partly straightend out with a little right angle bend at the tip then you could slid it between the nic pins and straighten them out and not worry about bending the other ones close to it

|______(____) <--- the paper clip, the (___) is suppose to be the inner circle part of the paper clip and would be the part you would hold on to and the |___ is the little rt. angle bend, the length left on the tip is about 1/8 of an inch or so. This is just for future reference enjoy

Hey all,
I just want to let you all know, I have XP Pro, I am having a hard time running FTP. DOS Prompt, CUTE_FTP, PASV, and non PASV. Passive modem does not even get as far as non passive mode. The ISP does not recommend passive modem either. I have no problems connecting with my windows 98 machine. It only occurs when I try to execute a list command or a get or put command. It freezes on a port connection. I have verified there is no firewall running, bad me, I never installed one, and verified the XP firewall is not enabled. I KNOW the ISP doesn't block any ports, except for a few ports during the Blaster worm outbreak. There is something that XP is doing? moving ports maybe? I don't know. I am going to test some other options myself in the next few days. I am also running service pack 1....wonder what service pack 1a will do?

laters

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