Question

Can't open ftp site from browser, but can from cmd line.

Asked by: caw01

Hello,

I cannot seem to open an FTP site in my browser.  It prompts for the username and pass but when I enter it, I get a page cannot be found error.

It works fine from the command line.  Does anyone have any suggestions on this?

- Chris

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2007-10-10 at 11:15:38ID22884931
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Windows XP Operating System

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Answers

 

by: and235100Posted on 2007-10-10 at 11:40:19ID: 20051124

Firstly - have you tried different ftp sites from your browser?
What browser are you using?

 

by: and235100Posted on 2007-10-10 at 11:40:38ID: 20051125

What I meant was - what version of IE - 6 or 7?

 

by: and235100Posted on 2007-10-10 at 11:41:47ID: 20051138

 

by: and235100Posted on 2007-10-10 at 11:43:35ID: 20051158

Check out your hosts file:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm

Is the ftp site you are attempting to connect to listed - and/or got another address next to it - such as loopback.

 

by: war1Posted on 2007-10-10 at 11:53:39ID: 20051239

Greetings caw01 !

1. Clear your DNS cache.  Go to Start > Run and type CMD
and hit OK.
At the command prompt, type ipconfig /flushDNS
and hit OK. Then test.

2. Clear your cache.  Go to Tools > Internet Options > General tab.  Under Temporary Internet Files, click "Delete Files" button. Also click "Delete Cookies" button. Click OK.

3. If you are using Internet Explorer, check if the site is restricted or blocked.  Go to Tools > Internet Options > Security. Hightlight Restricted Sites and see if the blocked site is located there.

Also under Content tab > Content Advisor, check if the site is restricted there. Remove it.

Also, under Security tab, add the website to your trusted zone.

4. Check if antispyware, antivirus, or firewall is blocking the website.

Hope this helps, war1

 

by: CirclebluePosted on 2007-10-10 at 12:53:52ID: 20051744

Have you tried another FTP client..  IE is notoriously unreliable with FTP sites in my experience.  

 

by: caw01Posted on 2007-10-10 at 12:59:30ID: 20051791

No I haven't tried any other clients.  Its for one of our users and IE would work best for him since it would be the easiest to use, but...  I guess once I walk him through the manual process, it won't matter much.  

 

by: war1Posted on 2007-10-14 at 07:57:36ID: 20073934

caw01, did you try the suggestions that I posted above?

 

by: caw01Posted on 2007-12-07 at 08:33:15ID: 20428668

I did.  Still was not able to get it to work.  He was not able to connect to any ftp site.  I just walked him through the command line process...

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