All FTP Unable to connect

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In the last 3 days, I've been completely unable to connect to anything on the
interent via FTP. I've tried 4 separate programs (maybe 5, if the Microsoft
Antispyware Update uses FTP, as it cannot cnnect either) and none have been
successful. All I get are short and sweet messages such as Warning, Unable
to connect to the interent. I've searched and tried several things, but so
far none have worked. Among the things I've tried is making sure Passive FTP
is enabled and turning off the firewall.
Any ideas?

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Go to a command prompt and type in:
netsh winsock reset
and hit enter, restart the machine.
You will need to reinstall any programs which have added themselves to the winsock stack.

--

Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Sn0wman" <Sn0wman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4E846BE2-C030-4890-BC32-EB9475D0C255@microsoft.com...
> In the last 3 days, I've been completely unable to connect to anything on the
> interent via FTP. I've tried 4 separate programs (maybe 5, if the Microsoft
> Antispyware Update uses FTP, as it cannot cnnect either) and none have been
> successful. All I get are short and sweet messages such as Warning, Unable
> to connect to the interent. I've searched and tried several things, but so
> far none have worked. Among the things I've tried is making sure Passive FTP
> is enabled and turning off the firewall.
> Any ideas?

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=898060

"sforister" wrote:

>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I have what I believe to be the same problem as Sn0wman, and have tried
> the same fixes. I've done a thourough system scan for malware. Also
> just tried your suggestion with the 'netsh' command and rebooting.
> Same problem -- I still can't FTP.
>
> For me, however, FTP GUIs simply hang, and issuing FTP 'open' commands
> from the command prompt accomplish nothing but a blinking cursor. I
> don't receive error messages. It attempts to connect, but never
> completes it.
>
> Any other suggestions? Help!
>
> sforister
>
>
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Should have specified that this only fixed clients not being able to access
our FTP site. We still can't access external sites via active FTP.

"Robin McLeod" wrote:

> My fix was to assign the ftp site to the internal (LAN) IP address (Server
> Local Area Connection). I then created a custom service in Routing and
> Remote Access -> IP Routing -> NAT/Basic Firewall -> Network Connection ->
> Properties -> Services and Ports to listen on the external IP and map to the
> internal IP on port 21. Works perfectly now.
>
> I didn't install the patch I listed in my previous post.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Rob
>
>
> "Robin McLeod" wrote:
>
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=898060
> >
> > "sforister" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi Mark,
> > >
> > > I have what I believe to be the same problem as Sn0wman, and have tried
> > > the same fixes. I've done a thourough system scan for malware. Also
> > > just tried your suggestion with the 'netsh' command and rebooting.
> > > Same problem -- I still can't FTP.
> > >
> > > For me, however, FTP GUIs simply hang, and issuing FTP 'open' commands
> > > from the command prompt accomplish nothing but a blinking cursor. I
> > > don't receive error messages. It attempts to connect, but never
> > > completes it.
> > >
> > > Any other suggestions? Help!
> > >
> > > sforister
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > sforister
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > sforister's Profile: http://www.iamnotageek.com/member.php?userid=12211
> > > View this thread: http://www.iamnotageek.com/showthread.php?t=1819066024
> > >
> > >