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Postby GogenSSJ » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:26 pm

ok im logging on to redhat.polarhome.com to try to upload my site thru SmartFTP and it never connects, iv tried numerous times, with pasv on and off and nothing happened.
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Postby afonic » Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:54 pm

<a href='http://www.polarhome.com/service/ports.html' target='_blank'>http://www.polarhome.com/service/ports.html</a>

You need to connect to ftp.polarhome.com port 21 and not redhat.polarhome.com

I wish once someone reads the page first and then ask! :-)
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Postby GogenSSJ » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:51 am

i did read it but i dunno how to connect to that port lol



bah im a moron lol, i saw the port thingly
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Postby afonic » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:53 pm

It should be next to where you place the address in your FTP client, but you don't have to worry as 21 is the default port.
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Postby GogenSSJ » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:31 pm

allright well thank you for your help, it worked
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Postby afonic » Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:23 am

Np, you're welcome! :)
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Postby sjaz » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:28 am

Theres frequent problems with people using the local addresses to connect and when having problems they dont think that by connecting to 192.168.x.x that thats actually local.
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Postby afonic » Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:11 pm

I *think* we must create an easier ports page! :)
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Postby sjaz » Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:28 pm

Knock yourself out... I dont think the ports were the problem ... it was the user using redhat.polarhome.com which resolves to the local ip as opposed to gate.polarhome.com.
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Postby afonic » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:58 pm

Yeah I know what the problem was as I said to Gogen to change the address.

What I am saying is the need to make a "simple" ports table, which will be like:

FTP -> Use ftp.polarhome.com
XXX for Redhat
XXX for Debian etc

HTTP -> use www.polarhome.com:XXX/~username
XXX for Redhat...

This way the newbie users that don't know will find it much more easy to understand what to use, as they get confused with that local user, internet example etc things.

What do you think?
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Postby miker_alpha » Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:05 am

A much simpler table (for noobs at least) could have ONLY the columns headed "Service", "Server" and "Internet example.

Also the link on the main page to "Ports list" could go directly to the table, not to the top of the page (Or move the table to the top, with explanations below.)

Just my $0.02
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