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Re: PING and FTP question

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Joubert, Robert wrote:

With reference to the above code: line 9 gives the TCP3210 error  -
Connection verification statistics: 0 of 5 successful (0 %).
And yet line 13 connects.
What is going on here?  I need to find out if the remote system is available
before the FTP session starts.  Can anyone please shed any light on this?

Many sites choose to block ping. Technically, it goes against RFCs to do so, but they have their reasons. The tough part for you is that just because a host is not ping-able does not mean it is not reachable. Likewise, just because a host is ping-able does not mean you can start an ftp session with it. Perhaps a better way is to try opening the ftp port on the remote host?

James Rich

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