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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:08:50 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Alex Davidson <alexd@idcomm.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Gateway Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217170546.17801I-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <003901be2a19$6fecee20$6000a8c0@alex-d>

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On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Alex Davidson wrote:
> the web and do whatever I want.  However, because my FreeBSD box has no modem
> and there seems to be a problem accessing the internal LAN FTP site I used to
> install FreeBSD (can't find various packages when I try and add them through
> /stand/sysinstall) I wanted to just go straight to the source (ftp.freebsd.org)
> and install my packages from there.
> 
> When I tell the package install to connect to an ftp site through a firewall and
> set the LAN config, it can't get out successfully.  I am setting the Gateway and

Using ftp through a firewall usually requires using PASSIVE mode (PASSV)
In /stand/sysinstall choose Options, then media type, then FTP Passive

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
 Dana Point Communications, Inc.                            dan@dpcsys.com
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