Is my router causing the connection problems to NTL FTP?

blue_harvester · 17 Apr 2006 at 17:55

I'm trying to connect to the NTL FTP upload site via SmartFTP but I am getting the following message:

"An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine"

I haven't tried connecting to this site in a while and I suspect it could be to do with the new WRT54GS wireless router I recently installed. If so how can I get round this?

tolien · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:14

Could be NAT breaking things. Tried it without the router?

blue_harvester · 17 Apr 2006 at 21:04

tolien said:
Could be NAT breaking things. Tried it without the router?

Yeah just tried turning off router and plugging cable modem straight into computer but I get the same error message. So I think that establishes that it's not the router! Also I tried connecting to ftp://upload.ntlworld.com via IE but there's problems with this too.

Does this sound like a problem with ntl rather than at my side? Or is there some software running on my machine that's causing this problem?

JonnyGLC · 17 Apr 2006 at 21:15

I'm having problems connecting to my NTL FTP tonite, i think there may be issues at the ISP end rather than ours?

blue_harvester · 17 Apr 2006 at 23:04

A random name said:
I'm having problems connecting to my NTL FTP tonite, i think there may be issues at the ISP end rather than ours?

Ok thanks for letting me know, I'll give it another go tomorrow.

daz · 18 Apr 2006 at 00:05

Try passive or "PASV" mode on your FTP program.

blue_harvester · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:36

daz said:
Try passive or "PASV" mode on your FTP program.

Already tried that, but with no joy.

Skilldibop · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:40

can you open the FTP site in IE? Good idea to check connectivity first.

For upload, the router should be ok as NAT would affect inbound stuff but uploads can be on any random port at the origin so long as the destination port is 21.

Maybe also try another program like Filezilla.

blue_harvester · 18 Apr 2006 at 16:56

Skilldibop said:
can you open the FTP site in IE? Good idea to check connectivity first.

For upload, the router should be ok as NAT would affect inbound stuff but uploads can be on any random port at the origin so long as the destination port is 21.

Maybe also try another program like Filezilla.

Yes I've tried opening the FTP site in IE but I can't get access.

Can anyone else connect to ftp://upload.ntlworld.com ? I'll check when I get home this evening if I still have problems connecting.

blue_harvester · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:55

No, just tried again to connect to the FTP site but with no success. Can some of you guys check and see if you can connect to this site?

Thanks.