jveteran
08-12-2006, 01:27 PM
Hey All,
I'm having a problem with windows networking, specifically related to FTP and uploading. I get timeouts and disconnects. This happens on more than one windows box in my network - all are xp pro sp2.
There is no problem on the linux boxes in my network.
I've made sure that upnp and the approciate service are started - as well as made sure that ftp is installed as a windows component.
It seems to me this is a port problem but I'm confused as to why two windows boxes would behave the same way. By the way it doesn't matter if the upload is done through the bluehost java ftp applet - or a client software like ws-ftp pro or coffee cup. The upload just starts timing and the software gives up after x amount of timeouts (increasing timeouts doesn't help).
I'm not a port expert - I can see that the clients are trying to use something in the 5000 range. Perhaps some firewall is shutting that down - however - for the purposes of this exercise I've turned of windows firewall and am not running any others. I've looked for some port monitoring software that might allow me to open this port back up, however my general sense is that two different windows boxes shouldn't behave the same way.
I've tried swapping out the dsl router - got Qwest to bring in a new one. No affect. I'm not running any kind of port monitoring on my router or my 24 port gigabit switch.
Any help is mucho appreciato...
John Veteran
Blue Host Customer
I'm having a problem with windows networking, specifically related to FTP and uploading. I get timeouts and disconnects. This happens on more than one windows box in my network - all are xp pro sp2.
There is no problem on the linux boxes in my network.
I've made sure that upnp and the approciate service are started - as well as made sure that ftp is installed as a windows component.
It seems to me this is a port problem but I'm confused as to why two windows boxes would behave the same way. By the way it doesn't matter if the upload is done through the bluehost java ftp applet - or a client software like ws-ftp pro or coffee cup. The upload just starts timing and the software gives up after x amount of timeouts (increasing timeouts doesn't help).
I'm not a port expert - I can see that the clients are trying to use something in the 5000 range. Perhaps some firewall is shutting that down - however - for the purposes of this exercise I've turned of windows firewall and am not running any others. I've looked for some port monitoring software that might allow me to open this port back up, however my general sense is that two different windows boxes shouldn't behave the same way.
I've tried swapping out the dsl router - got Qwest to bring in a new one. No affect. I'm not running any kind of port monitoring on my router or my 24 port gigabit switch.
Any help is mucho appreciato...
John Veteran
Blue Host Customer