ATT BroadBand Port Blocking

[nmeyers at javalinux.net (Nathan Meyers)]

On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 07:20:33AM -0500, Glenn Burkhardt wrote:
> 
> 
> > Here are my home network setup:
> >        ATT Broadband connection
> >        RCN cable modem
> >        LinkSys Router (Model BEFSR41)
> >        RedHat Linux 7.2 (on Compaq Deskpro)
> 
> I'd be interested to know if you can use FTP from your Linux box to the 
> outside through the Linksys router.  One of our staff can't get to our FTP 
> server from home through his Linksys router, although other folks without a 
> router can.  Our server terminates the connection, leaving this error message 
> in the logs:
> 
> ftpd[31488]: getpeername (in.ftpd): Transport endpoint is not connected

In a Google search, that message shows up in questions much more
frequently than it does in answers :-(. But, for what it's worth, my wild
guess is that your staff member should check that the FTP connection is
passive. It is passive from browsers but, by default, is not from the
standard ftp client.

Nathan Meyers
nmeyers at javalinux.net

> It's the 'getpeername()' request that's failed.