Guest Rye_Encoke Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 I play several online games. In order for the games to update patches I need to be able to access their ftp server. I get an FTP connection error! Please check the internet line connection. If I disable my windows xp firewall I can connect without a problem, but then I end up playing the game with no firewall which makes me nervous. I have added the associated files to the firewall exceptions, also added the correct ports to the exceptions. In internet tools I have unchecked the passive ftp, and also tried it while checked. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated.
Guest GHalleck Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: FTP connection error - XP professional SP2 Rye_Encoke wrote: > I play several online games. In order for the games to update patches I need > to be able to access their ftp server. I get an FTP connection error! Please > check the internet line connection. If I disable my windows xp firewall I > can connect without a problem, but then I end up playing the game with no > firewall which makes me nervous. I have added the associated files to the > firewall exceptions, also added the correct ports to the exceptions. In > internet tools I have unchecked the passive ftp, and also tried it while > checked. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated. What FTP client are you using?
Guest Rye_Encoke Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: FTP connection error - XP professional SP2 I don't use a client at all as far as I know. I click on the shortcut to start the game, it says connecting to FTP server, then after a minute or so I get the error message. I guess the game client has its own ftp client built in? "GHalleck" wrote: > > Rye_Encoke wrote: > > > I play several online games. In order for the games to update patches I need > > to be able to access their ftp server. I get an FTP connection error! Please > > check the internet line connection. If I disable my windows xp firewall I > > can connect without a problem, but then I end up playing the game with no > > firewall which makes me nervous. I have added the associated files to the > > firewall exceptions, also added the correct ports to the exceptions. In > > internet tools I have unchecked the passive ftp, and also tried it while > > checked. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated. > > What FTP client are you using? >
Guest Ghostrider Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: FTP connection error - XP professional SP2 Rye_Encoke wrote: > I don't use a client at all as far as I know. I click on the shortcut to > start the game, it says connecting to FTP server, then after a minute or so I > get the error message. I guess the game client has its own ftp client built > in? > Not a very self-assuring arrangement if playing the game to get to its FTP server requires turning the firewall off. One alternative might be to put the game into a "trusted" zone, allowing a connection to "tunnel" through the firewall. Read the firewall instructions on how to do this.
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