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From: brian@anorak.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3Com 3C900 PCI ethernet card?
Date: 14 Nov 1996 12:23:54 -0000
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In article <7r4tiy6e6z.fsf@sunbaked.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
	tsingle@sunbaked.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Singletary) writes:
: I was a bit too hasty in my previous post.  Yes, I got the 3C900 to
: partially work by hacking the vx driver -- I can ping, telnet, and a
: few other things. 
: 
: But it won't ftp!  If I ftp somewhere, I get connected, the `dir' and
: `cd' commands work, but if I `get' anything, the ftp just hangs and
: all I get is a 0-length file.
: 
: Oddly enough, while ftp is hung, I can still ping, telnet, etc. from
: another window!
: 
: Any suggestions?

Sounds like a firewall problem to me.

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Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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