Manuel

> how does it fail ?

ftp 
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/2.0/i386/All/bash-2.05.2.7nb2.tgz

Logs in and does all the usual things such as..

" 250 CWD command successful
250 CWD command successful
250 CWD command successful
local: bash-2.05.2.7nb2.tgz  remote: bash-2.05.2.7nb2.tg
229 Entering Passive Mode (|||52258|)
200 EPRT command successful

421 Service not available, remote server timed out.  Connection 
closed."

Tried other servers same thing happens.

> > 'status' at the ftp> prompt and it says...
> >
> > No proxy connection
> > Gate ftp: ff, server (none), port ftpgate.
> > Passive mode: off; fallback to active mode: on.
> > Ntrans: off.
> > Nmap: off.
> > Version: NetBSD-ftp 20031210
>
> It prints much more things for me

Yes...

ftp ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/2.0/i386/All/

ftp> status ....   <gives>..

Connected and logged into ftp.netbsd.org
No proxy connection
Gate ftp: off, server (none), port ftpgate.
Passive mode: off; fallback to active mode: on.
Mode: stream; Type: binary; Form: non-print; Structure: file
Verbose: on; Bell: off; Prompting: on; Globbing: on
Store unique: off; Receive unique: off.
Preserve modification times: on.
Case: off; CR stripping: on.
Ntrans: off.
Nmap: off.
Hash mark printing: off; Mark count: 1024; Progress bar: on.
Get transfer rate throttle: off; maximum: 0; increment 1024.
Put transfer rate throttle: off; maximum: 0; increment 1024.
Socket buffer sizes: send 32768, receive 32768.
Use of PORT cmnds: on.
Use of EPSV/EPRT cmnds for IPV4: on.
Command line editing: on
Version: NetBSD-ftp 20031210
ftp>


-- 
Richard