Re: FTP problem, Internet Explorer, IIS 5.0

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From: Jim Carlock (anonymous_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:19:41 -0500

Thanks for the reply Bernard.

These are the facts:
1) I am trying to get FTP to work through IE and Mozilla.
2) It works for everyplace except one particular site.
3) The following facts apply to all sites:
  (a) All servers are running a SERV-U FTP server:
       220 Serv-U FTP Server v5.2 for WinSock ready...
  (b) All servers I am connecting to are running Win2K.
  (c) All servers I'm trying to FTP to are running IIS 5.0.
4) I get IE to connect to 4 out of 5 servers. There is ONLY
one server that has a problem.
5) Tracert identifies no problem. Times are consistent
  between all servers.
6) Ping identifies no problem. No packets are lost.
7) I have messed with the following IE settings:
  (a) Use Passive FTP (Both modes work fine).
  (b) Enable folder view for FTP sites. I think this used
    to do something, but I can't figure out what it does now.
  (c) Use HTTP 1.1 (this used to have to be checked but it
    doesn't seem to be required any longer).
  (d) Use HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections (this used
    to have to be unchecked, to be able to delete items, but
    there seems to be no way to delete items in IE any more).

When using IE to connect it immediately presents a cannot
find site/check DNS.

When using Mozilla or Firefox, they timeout after a minute or
longer, I've quit waiting today for them to timeout.

I am using IE/XP Pro (with all the latest updates, SP2).

I've reinstalled XP Pro and get the same results and IE seems
to be somewhat different than it used to be. I used to be able
to delete Files through FTP as needed as long as the "Use
HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections" was NOT checked.
Now, no matter what, I can't seem to get IE to delete any
files while connected through an FTP connection. The Delete
item on the menu is totally gone. It exists in Mozilla and Firefox
but I haven't figured out how to get those to work.

I can get FTP through various FTP software to connect and
work. All the alternative software works fine. I'm really puzzled
at the moment about why IE lost Delete from the menu.

Other people can connect just fine to the site, so it seems to
be a problem with XP Pro on my system.

The ONLY thing in the hosts file is:
127.0.0.1 localhost

Thanks much. 

-- 
Jim Carlock
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What's the status code in IIS log file ? 426 ?
have you try other ftp client app and connect via passive mode ?
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Regards,
Bernard Cheah
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"Jim Carlock" wrote:
> I'm having a problem establishing an FTP session with a
> host which is running IIS 5.0. The problem ONLY exists
> when using Internet Explorer or another browser and only
> with one particular server. I can get regular FTP software
> to connect, can get the DOS ftp.exe inside of XP to
> connect. I can send remote commands via a DOS session:
>
> ftp> quote HELP
>
> But Internet Explorer does not connect to one particular
> server (looks like I get a timeout message). Mozilla fails
> to connect with such server as well.
>
> The hosting company indicates that they can get IE to work
> for them.
>
> When using IE to establish connections with other servers,
> the sessions connect properly with no problems. The other
> servers are 21 hops away as with the server that I'm having
> problems with. Tracing indicates the same amount of time
> over the hops and the only difference are the user id's and
> pw's used to establish the connection, as well as the final
> four hops are slightly different.
>
> To recap, I have tried the following:
> 1) Tracing the hops to see if there is anything problematic, it
> looks okay.
> 2) Connecting via the XP DOS ftp.exe command, which
> connects successfully without problems, and works fine.
> 3) Connecting via ftp programs, they all work fine.
> 4) Connecting via IE and Mozilla, neither one works with
> one particular site.
>
> -- 
> Jim Carlock
> Post replies to newsgroup.
>
>

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