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Re: Ftping large files w/o timing out



There are 2 timeouts for FTP - IIRC you use the STAT subcommand, or SITE or SITE STAT - press F1 in the cmd line of an ftp session on the IBM i to see the format. And a little discussion.

HTH
Vern

On 1/26/2013 9:00 AM, Tim Bronski wrote:
If the timeout is happening after it has been sending for a while then I
don't see any reason why a switch from EPSV to PASV would have any
effect whatsoever.

But, I had discovered in another post about using passive mode (PASV)
......as opposed to the default of ... extended passive mode (EPSV)

That seems to do the trick
....it does not have issues with the firewall now
....no time out
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