FTP Transfer hangs and does not compete the file - or permitmultiple file downloads

[Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D.]

I seem to have found an OS X problem. I use Fetch and Transmit for FTP of
server log files. But since switching to OS X the file transfers seem to
hang and not complete. This prevents me from downloading a month of files
on schedule.

It works fine from my Windows box.

Any idea what is going on???

Terry

[Bev A. Kupf]

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:38:11 -0400,
Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. (terry@oltraining.com) wrote:

> I seem to have found an OS X problem. I use Fetch and Transmit for FTP of
> server log files. But since switching to OS X the file transfers seem to
> hang and not complete. This prevents me from downloading a month of files
> on schedule.
>
> It works fine from my Windows box.
>
> Any idea what is going on???

Dear Terry,

Are you using Fetch and Transmit under Classic, or OS X versions of Fetch
and Transmit? In either event what you're observing is unusual. Could
you post some more details about how your OS X Mac is networked, the system
version, etc.

Beverly
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Bev A. Kupf
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[Donald Hall]

In article <slrnbnpii9.her.bevakupf@myhome.net>,
"Bev A. Kupf" <bevakupf@myhome.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:38:11 -0400,
> Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. (terry@oltraining.com) wrote:

> > I seem to have found an OS X problem. I use Fetch and Transmit for FTP of
> > server log files. But since switching to OS X the file transfers seem to
> > hang and not complete. This prevents me from downloading a month of files
> > on schedule.
> >
> > It works fine from my Windows box.
> >
> > Any idea what is going on???

>
> Dear Terry,
>
> Are you using Fetch and Transmit under Classic, or OS X versions of Fetch
> and Transmit? In either event what you're observing is unusual. Could
> you post some more details about how your OS X Mac is networked, the system
> version, etc.
>
> Beverly

I'm no expert, but it looks like it could be an active/passive FTP and
firewall issue. Are you running the firewall in OS X? If so, do you have
FTP set to passive mode (System Preferences|Network|Proxies tab)? I know
my ISP requires active FTP for me to upload to my web site; otherwise
FTP uploads just seem to hang. So, I turn off the firewall and turn off
passive FTP to upload.

Regards,

Don

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